Dom: thanks for this.  How are the dependencies handled?  i.e.
owslib.csw needs util.py (which is now in owslib.common.

..Tom


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Dominic Lowe
> Sent: Friday, 09 July 2010 04:39
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Community] About time for a new release of OWSlib?
> 
> Tom, Sean and all,
> 
> Sorry I forgot to email about this -
> 
> I made a new namespaced branch about a week ago with a view 
> to moving it towards the trunk - but how do you want to play 
> this? We could test and fix in the branch or switch the 
> branch to the trunk now and then begin testing it.
> 
> New branch can be seen here:
> 
> http://trac.gispython.org/lab/browser/OWSLib/branches/ns_refactor
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dom
> 
> On 21/06/10 14:25, Kralidis,Tom [Ontario] wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
> Of Dominic 
> >> Lowe
> >> Sent: Friday, 18 June 2010 06:17
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: [Community] About time for a new release of OWSlib?
> >>
> >>
> >> It's been over a year since the last release of OWSLib and in that 
> >> time there have been a lot of changes including:
> >>
> >>   >  >  * CSW support
> >>   >  >  * ISO 19115 metadata parsing (needed for CSW support I 
> >> assume)>  >  * Several improvements to WCS support (caching, url 
> >> checking)>  >  * OWSCommon classes to share between
> >> services>  >  * A general Utils module for common functions
> >>
> >> Last time we discussed this I had a look at breaking up the 
> >> individual services into separate eggs under an owslib namespace. 
> >> This would enable us to release eggs for different services 
> >> individually and on a quicker timescale. I think this will be of 
> >> benefit in the long run - even to Tom who was against the idea ;-)
> >>
> >> I still think this is a good plan for long term sustainability but 
> >> the thing that stalled the last release (on my part!) was 
> the effort 
> >> needed to make the switch and reorganise the codebase.
> >>
> >> I did get as far as trying it out though and it worked:
> >> http://trac.gispython.org/lab/browser/OWSLib/branches/namespac
> >> ePkgsTest
> >>
> >> So I'm prepared to put in the effort to make the complete 
> switch this 
> >> time but to do so I think we will effectively need to freeze the 
> >> current trunk and tests for a while so the code can be 
> refactored. (I 
> >> will do the refactoring in a branch, but I don't want to have a 
> >> subsequent merge nightmare!).
> >>
> >> If I get it to this stage where it is structurally ready, then it 
> >> would be good if other OWSlib developers could support this by 
> >> helping out with testing in particular.
> >>
> >> I think once we get over this hurdle future (service
> >> specific..) releases will be much easier.
> >>
> >> Tom, you are most actively working on the trunk. Are you 
> happy to see 
> >> it effectively frozen now?
> >>
> >
> > Yes (as of r1662), let us know when we can commit again.
> >
> >> Cheers,
> >> Dom
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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