Ok, so this discussion, though it's lead to quite good discussions and directions, has thrown us (OpenGeo) a fairly big curve ball. Which is our fault, as the KML stuff we are working on is still being improved at the last moment - we are normally more ahead of the game.
In the future I hope we can come up with a process that makes it so this doesn't happen, with more future planning and understanding. But I'd also like to see easier mechanisms to move quickly when needed, the time spent on all these conversations has slowed us down considerably. They obviously needed to happen, and we should have prepped more, but so it goes. And right now it's still not clear how we could move forward as quickly as we'd need to. So right now we're probably going to back down from our really big PR release, as time is just getting too tight to feel really good about the release. We hope to do one in a month or so, when we get some external sites crawled by GeoSearch, talking about how this data is now on the GeoWeb. But we will do some sort of release announcement, hopefully emphasizing the KML Super Overlays. But right now we're unsure what to do about the GeoSearch stuff. Right now it'd probably be more work to code the appropriate extension points, since there needs to be switches in the core KML code to activate it or not. So we could do that. Or we can put together the GSIP in the next day or two to get it passed. Or else get an exception to have the GSIP in place for 1.7.2, what we were originally hoping for, but it sounds like Jody wants to require a GSIP. Which we are happy to do now, as it's no longer going to be a focus. So that we don't fall in to inaction, if no one says anything we will go forth with a GSIP, which we'd need a vote finalized for by the end of the week. If anyone is going to have objections to the GSIP do let us know as soon as possible. Just wanted to give a heads up with where we are at in the release process, and to see if anyone had thoughts. We'll be aiming to announce the release on December 9, and would really like to have it built with people on the lists testing in the next few days. Chris Jody Garnett wrote: >> It was no shock to me that people are surprised about the sudden move to >> make rest and geosearch core modules. First off, i have to apologize b/c >> this process has been poorly managed by me. These needed to be included >> in 1.7.1 and I did not spend any time before hand working to get them to >> a "releasable" state. >> > >> The requirement to include these modules comes down from those who pay >> the bills... so not getting them into this release is not really an option. >> > I am not surprised by the direction; can I ask for a GSIP to be written > (if not approved) for the 1.7.1 release? There are a couple of RnD links > passed around in the IRC logs; but nothing formal we can consider for > approval... >> I am open to strategies on how to plan this road map. I know a lot of >> different people want to see a lot of different things and have >> different requirements. So I am not sure how to proceed in order to >> build a balanced and fair road map. >> > I find it useful to have a separation between deadlines/funded work and > strategic direction. We only really get in trouble when deadlines are > endangered by so much active development a release window cannot be > found. I agree that Jira is not the best tool for this sort of planning. > > Jody > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Chris Holmes OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. -- Chris Holmes OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
