Looking over the checklist of what it takes to a promote a community module:

http://docs.geoserver.org/2.0.x/en/developer/policies/community-modules.html#promoting-a-community-module

It seems most are satisfied. However #1 begs the question if the module 
has any users yet? Although I am interested in using it so perhaps I can 
count as one :)

However I think #3 (the module is stable) is of more concern. It seems 
kind of strange to release something as officially supported but with 
the caveat that the configuration will not be stable.

Imo it would make more sense to let it live in community for a while 
until it gets a few more users and where there is a more stable idea of 
what the configuration will look like in the long term. And then 
officially move it.

Anyways, I know I don't get a vote on this but thought I would throw in 
my $0.02.

-Justin

On 2/9/10 1:57 PM, Andrea Aime wrote:
> Hi all,
> today I've been adding the necessary unit testing to the
> control flow module. The test coverage is above 70%.
>
> I was wondering, what do you think of moving the module
> to extension status? I would be the maintainer, testing is
> there, I'll add docs in main documentation once the
> module is in extensions.
>
> There is a catch however. I cannot guarantee the configuration
> of the module will be stable for a long time.
> Maybe on the field testing will change our understanding
> of what a good control flow is and we'll need to change
> the way the module is configured (for sure I'll be adding
> new types of flow controllers, one missing today is
> a client IP address one).
>
> But if this is not considered a problem I'll be happy
> to move the control flow module to supported land.
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>


-- 
Justin Deoliveira
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
Enterprise support for open source geospatial.

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