Those are fair concerns. :) Just for some history, is there a precedent for this? Has there been a package/extension/plugin that existed separately from GeoServer in the past that has subsequently been built-in? It's more curiosity/blog-fodder than anything else...
Thanks, Mike Andrea Aime wrote: > Mike Pumphrey ha scritto: >> I could write a blog post about this if no one else volunteered. I'd >> be curious to see what people's reactions are (if any) to the bundling >> of GWC. Personally, I'm all for it, but I like software that does >> lots of things right out of the box. :) >> >> There's another suggestion that this brings up. Perhaps if we're >> going to do a "bundle" release of GS+GWC, perhaps we should go full >> tilt on it, and include _all_ of the extensions. That way the people >> who want plain vanilla get it by default, and those people (like me, >> and possibly others) who want everything in one simple download, get >> that as an option too. > > There are significant differences between the various extensions and > some good reasons why just do not bundle some of them in the > main download: > - arcsde datastore has licensing issues, we cannot include the jars > needed to make it working > - oracle, mysql, db2, vpf, mif, gml, pyramid have small or big > functionality and maintainership issues. Providing them as extensions > makes it clear that they are not standing at the same level as > shapefile or postgis > - wfsv has youngness issues, the datastore changes the structure of > your database permanently and the protocol is not that well tested > > GWC does not share any of the above weaknesses, so I'm favourable to > add it as a standard module, but I would be quite concerned to bundle > the others. > > Cheers > Andrea > > !DSPAM:4051,488ec82b93493668746562! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
