Hello All,
This latest release has been fraught with peril (as is usual for RC1
releases). Now that it is complete, there are a few things I wanted to
bring up:
*Migration to build.geoserver.org <http://build.geoserver.org>*
Over the past few months, we have been gradually migrating to
build.geoserver.org as our new build server. As of now, I believe the only
remaining builds not fully migrated are the cite tests.
- When constructing the 2.12 jobs for the new stable branch, I have only
added them to build.geoserver.org. Unlike most of the other jobs on
there, I have set them up to notify the mailing lists if they fail. Now
that build.geoserver.org is more stable, we should consider swapping
other notifications from ares to build.geoserver.org.
- When updating the GeoServer download page (geoserver.github.io), I
have updated all nightly builds to point to build.geoserver.org instead
of ares. Both new and historical builds seem to work.
- When updating the doc links on docs.geoserver.org, I attempted to
change the nightly builds to link to build.geoserver.org instead of
ares. I was unsuccessful, as build.geoserver.org only supports https,
and docs.geoserver.org only supports http. I have added a 2.12 nightly
doc build to ares for now. A long-term solution may involve migrating
docs.geoserver.org, perhaps to a github pages site.
*SourceForge outage*
The SourceForge outage midweek caused a delay in the release, along with
other chaos, like temporarily knocking out the mailing lists.
- We should revisit using SourceForge to host artifacts. GitHub supports
attaching artifacts to releases; besides the time required to set this up,
does anyone know of any compelling reasons not to use this feature for
GeoTools, GeoWebCache and GeoServer releases? It seems fairly easy to use.
*Doc updates*
When going through the release procedures, I found a few issues, and have
updated them accordingly. PRs available for review:
- https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/1708
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/2553
*Windows and Mac build*
- The windows build on build.geoserver.org is now fully automatic, and
integrated with the regular release procedure.
- The mac build still requires some manual steps from someone with
access to the Boundless desktop-ci jenkins build box.
Torben
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