GeoTools / GeoServer Meeting 2018-02-06
Attending
Ben Caradoc-Davies
Torben Barsballe
Jukka Rahkonen
Jody Garnett
Kevin Smith
Agenda
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Release schedule
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Java 9/10/11
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GeoServer app-schema online tests
Actions
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Ben: ask on mailing list for volunteer for 2.11.5.
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Torben: propose GeoTools migration steps and refactoring for
supporting Java 9 and future.
Previous meeting actions
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(Torben) Issue pull request for the geotools command line
compatibility options - DONE
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(All) Please reach out to interested parties and warn about Java LTS
and “jigsaw” disruption and ask for interest in sprint planning
(foss4gna, osgeo sprint, geoserver sprint planned, …)
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(All) Draft blog posts for release - please review.
Release schedule
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https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Release-Schedule
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Torben volunteered to release 19-beta/2.13-beta.
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ACTION: Ben: ask on mailing list for volunteer for 2.11.5.
Java 9/10/11
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GeoTools Java 9 compatibility PR:
https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/1798
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Java 9 reaches End-of-Life in March 2018. Java 10 (18.3) reaches
End-of-Life in September 2018. Java 11 (18.9 LTS) will be in General
Availability from September 2018:
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
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https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/01/JavaSupportJan18
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https://www.azul.com/java-stable-secure-free-choose-two-three/
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RedHat and Oracle have donated all of JEE (JAXB, Servlet, etc) to
Eclipse Foundation. Combined with Jigsaw, will require change to
deployment.
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Should think about how to factor GeoTools into modules.
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Discussion about how to achieve this.
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Need a proposal to target Java 11 (18.9). Use Java 9 to get it
working first.
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ACTION: Torben: propose GeoTools migration steps and refactoring for
supporting Java 9 and future.
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Need to upgrade GeoServer to Spring 5. Unlikely to be done by 2.13-beta.
GeoServer app-schema online tests
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Database was offline for some reason.
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Has been restarted.
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Build running and connecting fine.
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Update: build passed just as the meeting ended. Thanks Torben!
General discussion
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Reviewed pull requests.
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Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand
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