After the meeting Andrea, Adrian and Simone said:

(22:01:34) *aaime:* Sorry, what is the issue about the javadocs?
(22:02:52) *acuster:* there are two
(22:03:20) *acuster:* one for 2.2.0 is to make sure that the Geotools 
javadocs point into GeoAPI 2.0 and not 2.1 (which was the case in the 
last RC)
(22:03:56) *acuster:* another for future Gt releases, to possibly have a 
trimed version of GeoAPI containing the modules we use and not those we 
don't.
(22:04:21) *acuster:* simboss, you around?
(22:04:30) *aaime:* A trimmed down version of Geoapi is a bit unlikely 
for a simple reason
(22:04:34) *simboss:* yeah
(22:04:40) *aaime:* We want to have released geotools against released 
geoapi
(22:04:43) *acuster:* your question about a timeline for 2.3 was good
(22:04:55) *aaime:* Geoapi release can be done only with opengis consensus
(22:05:02) *simboss:* did you have any doubts? :P
(22:05:10) *acuster:* I'd encourage you to propose one for next week and 
see if we can't get 2.3 out by early september
(22:05:13) *aaime:* So I highly doubt there will be a special release 
for geotools
(22:05:30) *acuster:* well, there was talk of cutting a special release 
for trunk
(22:05:32) *aaime:* Adrian, geoapi is an issue even for 2.3
(22:05:57) *aaime:* Because now trunk is depending on some damned geoapi 
binary snapshot that we don't even have the sources for
(22:06:03) *acuster:* if you are cutting a "Geotools snapshot" then you 
can tweak that, right?
(22:06:28) *acuster:* yes, i was trying to profit from that unfortunate 
situation
(22:06:38) *aaime:* Yes... oh well, I think we could cut something from 
an official release
(22:06:51) *aaime:* So that if anybody needs to works against geoapi 
full can simply swap jars
(22:06:54) *acuster:* after having lost several afternoons lost reading 
an interface that was totally irrlevant
(22:07:09) *aaime:* Having different snapshots can be a real bitch otherwise
(22:07:18) *aaime:* See our recent experiece with Geoapi
(22:07:56) *acuster:* apparently Geotools needs to get its act in gear 
in a big way
(22:07:59) *aaime:* Adrian, I do simpathize. Yet, in my opinion the 
process is:
(22:08:01) *aaime:* 1) have an identifiable and stable release of Geoapi
(22:08:09) *aaime:* 2) cut at your leisure
(22:08:32) *aaime:* Yes Adrian, there is a lot of confusion to be cleared up
(22:08:38) *acuster:* 2.2.0 is going out against geoapi 2.0
(22:08:42) *aaime:* Thank you for pushing us the right way
(22:08:47) *acuster:* we know what we use, we know what we don't
(22:08:57) *acuster:* for 2.2.0 we are *not* going to mess with things
(22:08:59) *aaime:* Yes, so I do believe we have a cut against 2.0
(22:09:16) *acuster:* but I don't see why the situation would be 
different for any other Geotools release
(22:09:29) ****acuster* is *not* talking about trunk
(22:09:34) *aaime:* You were speaking about releasing 2.3
(22:09:46) *aaime:* but we don't have a stable reference geoapi to work 
against
(22:09:51) *aaime:* Sorry, I mixed two concerns
(22:09:53) *acuster:* so when it becomes time to release, we enter 
freeze mode
(22:10:11) *aaime:* Adrian, geoapi is under the control of a different PMC
(22:10:18) *acuster:* yes, absolutely
(22:10:23) *aaime:* We can't decide when they have to release
(22:10:26) *aaime:* Althought we can push
(22:10:29) *acuster:* right
(22:10:52) *aaime:* This in my opinion is a problem that won't let us 
release 2.3 soon, that's all
(22:11:16) *acuster:* why can't geoapi release once a month?
(22:11:21) *aaime:* Geoapi trunk at the moment is in a state of flux
(22:11:27) *acuster:* ah
(22:11:31) *aaime:* 4 drivers for change working togheter
(22:11:49) *aaime:* 4 different "push" to move geoapi forward on 
different aspects
(22:11:59) *aaime:* The result is a highly instable mix
(22:12:32) *aaime:* Jody and Justin may have both the will and power to 
put that to an halt, create a branch and push a release from that
(22:12:34) *acuster:* simboss, you ought to figure out what you are 
going to need for 2.3
(22:12:51) *acuster:* and see if we can't grab what you need
(22:12:51) *aaime:* But I don't see this as something that will be 
happening soon
(22:13:17) *aaime:* Anyway, let's post this part of the discussion on 
the mailing list and see what Jody and Justin have to say

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