HI Chris: I thought we mentioned this a couple months ago? I am fine with bringing the REST module into core (earlier i asked if needed to be integrated into one of the existing module or remain its own thing and the answer was it should remain its own thing).
As for committing to an API - yes that would need to happen for it it be brought in. Although that can be tempered with versioning an API so clients can tell what they are up against. Questions about the REST api remain popular; I am not suer if that indicates a problem with the API or a problem with the documentation? My hope is it indicates that the module is indeed popular. Jody On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Chris Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey what do people think about making RESTConfig a default part of > GeoServer for the 2.1.x release? I think it's one of the most popular > modules, and could be helpful if people didn't have to install it. > Checking the stats it edges out Oracle for the most popular in both > 2.0.1 and 2.0.2. > > I think the one thing we need to do to bring it in to core is actual > version the API. Putting it in core means we should commit to the API, > and not break clients at all if we want to make incompatible changes. See > > http://barelyenough.org/blog/2008/05/versioning-rest-web-services/ > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/389169/best-practices-for-api-versioning > http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisserver/apis/rest/versioning.html > > It seems like most people are pretty happy with the current API, but we > should do some searching of feedback and get another round, to make sure > it's an API we feel good about. > > Chris > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
