All -

My little outfit has been a user of the WPS/Python-scripting plugin for a long 
time, but we're currently maintaining some modified/recompiled library-files 
alongside a (hackish) fork of Geoserver (described in 
https://sourceforge.net/p/geoserver/mailman/message/35410958/) to allow 
compatibility with the POST method to allow for large requests and to provide 
improved security. Although I pull Geoserver updates across from the official 
repo from time to time, this is messy, and I have not sunk the hours into 
figuring out how to return status-codes other than 200 OK or 500 Internal 
Server Error, as it seems that anything /other/ than a 200 coming out of Flask 
is rewritten to a 500 by the Java code it runs inside of. 
Basically, what I have works okay but there are a lot of potential 
maintenance-gotchas.

Since first setting up the scripting plugin and joining Geoserver listservs a 
few years back, I've seen semi-frequent questions appear about the Python/WPS 
plugin and whether there's a maintainer to answer questions, etc. When I 
checked last, there was no designated maintainer, the web-UI component (which I 
didn't even know about until someone mentioned there used to be one that 
worked) was broken, and contrib/community-files and docs were out of date.

Would it be within GSIP-scope to propose some related fixes and pay to make 
support available for the plugin?

- Patrick O'Toole

Full-Stack Developer
Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
UW Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
Department 3381, 1000 E. University Av.
Laramie, WY 82071
P: 307-766-3018


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