Thanks for testing Torben! I am glad the new wrapper is working.

I expect we will need to fix the shortcuts before sharing with the user
list.
Auto detecting a JRE is a good idea, I also like it when the scripts
autodetect a "jre" folder in the install location making geoserver
"self-contained".
--
Jody Garnett


On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 10:55, Torben Barsballe <torbenbarsba...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I tried out the Windows installer, here's some feedback:
>
> The actual install works fine, and the signing looks correct (OSGeo
> correctly shows up as the signing agency in the system popup).
> I like the ability to choose the port and admin username/password through
> the installer.
> One small nitpick - the ability for the installer to auto detect an
> existing Java install (assuming its in one of the normal places) would be
> cool, but that's very much a nice-to-have.
>
> The one issue I did run into is the start menu shortcuts to start/stop
> GeoServer are broken:
> [image: Screenshot 2021-06-24 104056.png]
> Inspecting the shortcuts, they point to (respectively):
>
>    - startService.bat instead of startup.bat
>    - stopService.bat instead of shutdown.bat
>
> (They at least point to the right directory, just the wrong filename, so
> this should be an easy fix)
>
> Using the correct bat files works fine - GeoServer starts up as expected,
> and seems to work as normal.
>
> Cheers,
> Torben
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 10:06 AM Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> GeoTools / GeoServer PMC meeting - 2021-06-22Attending
>>
>>
>>    - Torben Barsballe
>>    - Andrea Aime
>>    - Patric Way
>>    - Jody Garnett
>>
>> Actions from last meeting:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    [DONE] Torben: Add details on Cite Cleanup discussion to list
>>    -
>>
>>    [DONE] Torben: Add monthly docker system prune job to Jenkins
>>    -
>>
>>    Discuss removal of stale community modules on mailing list, then
>>    update main
>>    -
>>
>>    [FAILED] Jody: Try a scheduled delete/rebuild of S3 docs, to clean up
>>    dangling pages
>>
>> Agenda
>>
>>    1.
>>
>>    OpenRewrite introductions
>>    2.
>>
>>    GeoServer 2.18.4 release status update
>>    3.
>>
>>    i18n GSIP update
>>    4.
>>
>>    Windows installer update
>>    5.
>>
>>    S3 Docs
>>    6.
>>
>>    CITE tests, merging?
>>
>> Actions
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Test windows installer
>>
>>
>> OpenRewrite introductions
>>
>> Introduction from Patrik, cool project :)
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Looking at 4-5 migration, close enough to consider doing the rest by
>>    hand
>>    -
>>
>>    Smaller recipes
>>    -
>>
>>       Removing diamond operators
>>       -
>>
>>       Removing unneeded throwables
>>
>> Andrea: describe QA checks (with PMD and so on…)
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    The combo of refactor needs a QA check to prevent problem from
>>    recurring
>>
>> Consider a brute force check:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Add a QA check that applies the refactor, if any source code is
>>    changed then fail :)
>>    -
>>
>>       Takes about about 20 mins so maybe not
>>
>> Discussion on logistics :)
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Patrick is going to try a sample PR on removing unneeded throws :)
>>
>>
>> GeoServer 2.18.4 release status update
>>
>> Everything is built,
>>
>> Note: JIRA can now generate release notes in markdown + HTML, for more
>> customizability
>> i18n GSIP update
>>
>> Any further feedback?
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Some discussion on primary language - first in the list does not
>>    makes sense (because combines from service, and all layer documents)
>>    -
>>
>>    I would choosing from service, and add placeholder for admin if that
>>    primary language not available
>>
>> Follow INSPIRE thing is the only real “standard”, the standards are
>> silent (except WCS 2.0)
>>
>> Messy situation:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    WCS 2.0 has support for languages, based on OWS 2.0
>>    -
>>
>>    Anything else does not, since they are based on OWS 1.1 or older (or
>>    not even based OWS, like WMS)
>>
>> Windows installer update
>>
>> Sander (geocat developer) asks for feedback on this file (for this a
>> one-off, not yet part of the build):
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.19.1/
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    All the things are signed with osgeo certificate, please test
>>    -
>>
>>    Building in some azure environment, building and signing in linux did
>>    not work out.
>>
>>
>> Action: Ask the user list? Torben will test ...
>> S3 Documentation
>>
>> Follow up to last meeting and email discussion:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    AWS S3 remove / rysnc did not work due (sigh)
>>    -
>>
>>    We need to move to a different approach, like GitHub pages for just
>>    the current version.
>>
>> Jody is still working on domains (this is needed before any documentation
>> migration) …
>> CITE tests, merging?
>>
>> Feedback
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Jody will ask devops folks to look at it from GeoCat (if not merge
>>    it).
>>
>>
>> Notes:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Added some docker cleanups to avoid filling up jenkins
>>    -
>>
>>    Failures are reported as such now
>>
>> Docker
>>
>> What about actual geoserver/docker stuff?
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    https://github.com/geoserver/docker ← anything? No update ...
>>
>>
>> Tradeoff around production / training use:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Production
>>    -
>>
>>       The one that includes extensions is slower to download/startup
>>       -
>>
>>       Smaller startup, that downloads extension is faster to download,
>>       but results in network traffic
>>       -
>>
>>    Having a small / fixed one for geoserver training use would be fine
>>
>>
>> Make a large image that includes extensions (already downloaded)
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Choose which ones are installed on initial startup
>>    -
>>
>>    For real production use folks could comment out which ones are
>>    already downloaded
>>
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