PR to update the website is ready, please merge when blog post reviewed. https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver.github.io/pull/84
-- Jody Garnett On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 at 23:35, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> wrote: > I have created a draft announcement, using a different approach than > normal. Since this is a release candidate I have strictly focused on a call > for testing, promising a details on new features when the 2.17.0 release is > made. > > Here is a snippet: > > *This is a GeoServer release candidate made in conjunction with GeoTools > 23-RC and GeoWebCache 1.17-RC.* > > > - *Release candidates are a community building exercise and are not > intended for production use.* > - *We ask the community (everyone: individuals, service providers, > organizations) to download and thoroughly test this release and report > back.* > - *Participating in testing release candidates is a key expectation > of our open source social contract > <http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/>. We make an effort to > thank > each person who tests in our release announcement and project > presentations!* > > *We will provide a more extensive description of new functionality when > GeoServer 2.17 is released.* > > I would like review (please) and ideas for testing priorities: > 1. Test with your own data > 2. Test download bundles work (I know my own tests are in a prior email) > 3. Test MBStyle since it has had so much work done > 4, Security tab for workspaces, layers and layergroups > > Any other priorities for testing? Checking recent proposals > <https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Proposals> has a lot of > content. > > -- > Jody Garnett > > > On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 at 17:25, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Testing, with a bit more caution than usual >> >> *geoserver-2.17-RC-bin.zip* >> - VERSION.txt - looks correct >> - RUNNING.txt - correctly updated with openjdk and adoptopenjdk >> - README.txt - generic but correct >> - NOTICE.md - has the summary of all the license stuff >> - GPL.md - GPL license (I do not see any of the other licenses) >> - modules/ - JETTY specific configuration, I suspect RUNNING.txt could >> mention this >> - resources/log4j.properties - not sure if this is needed >> bin/start.sh - worked fine >> - application runs fine, no issues with desk testing >> - server status / modules - not a lot of information here >> - sever status / system status - working fine, amused to see fan speeds >> - tools - page loads at all >> bin/shutdown.sh - worked fine >> >> *geoserver-2.17-RC-htmldoc.zip* >> - unpacks into geoserver-2.17-RC-htmldoc folder now (hopefully fine) >> - readme - describes api, user, developer (perhaps this should be html >> file) >> - api - is missing >> - user - content is fine, has "GeoServer 2.17-RC User Manual" in header >> and page title >> - developer - content is fine >> - CC Attribution license missing >> - confirmed in logs: build_release.sh zipped the logs, did not find the >> assembly >> >> *geoserver-2.17-RC-javadoc* >> - NOTICE.md, GPL.md included >> - contents are fine >> >> *geoserver-2.17-RC-war* >> NOTICE.md, GPL.md, VERSION.txt included >> - not all licenses as expected >> geoserver/WEB-INF/lib >> - no SNAPSHOT jars included >> - "listenablefuture-9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava.jar" <-- >> not sure I know this story >> >> *extensions* >> geoserver-2.17-RC-app-schema-plugin.zip >> geoserver-2.17-RC-authkey-plugin.zip - *no license* or readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-cas-plugin.zip - *no license* >> geoserver-2.17-RC-charts-plugin.zip >> geoserver-2.17-RC-control-flow-plugin.zip *- not packaged as a folder >> just a single jar* >> geoserver-2.17-RC-css-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-csw-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-db2-plugin.zip - readme out of date (mentions "gt2-db2") >> geoserver-2.17-RC-dxf-plugin.zip >> geoserver-2.17-RC-excel-plugin.zip >> geoserver-2.17-RC-feature-pregeneralized-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-gdal-plugin.zip - could stand to have the image license >> details here >> geoserver-2.17-RC-geofence-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-geofence-server-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-grib-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-h2-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-imagemap-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-imagemosaic-jdbc-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-importer-bdb-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-importer-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-inspire-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-jp2k-plugin.zip - could use imageio license >> geoserver-2.17-RC-libjpeg-turbo-plugin.zip - could use imageio license, >> no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-mbstyle-plugin.zip >> geoserver-2.17-RC-mongodb-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-monitor-plugin.zip - readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-mysql-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-netcdf-out-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-netcdf-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-ogr-wfs-plugin.zip >> geoserver-2.17-RC-ogr-wps-plugin.zip >> geoserver-2.17-RC-oracle-plugin.zip - *GPL and NOTICE not needed* >> geoserver-2.17-RC-printing-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-pyramid-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-querylayer-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-sldservice-plugin.zip >> geoserver-2.17-RC-sqlserver-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-teradata-plugin.zip >> geoserver-2.17-RC-vectortiles-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-wcs2_0-eo-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-web-resource-plugin.zip >> geoserver-2.17-RC-wps-cluster-hazelcast-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-wps-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-xslt-plugin.zip - no readme >> geoserver-2.17-RC-ysld-plugin.zip - no readme >> >> -- >> Jody Garnett >> >> >> On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 at 00:25, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Please test out >>> >>> https://build.geoserver.org/view/release/job/geoserver-release/271/artifact/distribution/2.17-RC >>> >>> And report back, I have made extensive changes to the extensions >>> (including license files) and docs (producing with maven assembly rather >>> than zip). >>> >>> As such this is both a good use on an RC and an invitation to test with >>> a bit more caution then usual. >>> -- >>> -- >>> Jody Garnett >>> >>
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