PR to update the website is ready, please merge when blog post reviewed.

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver.github.io/pull/84

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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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