Perhaps my language choice was poor, the difference between old/new system should mostly be hidden. The system property toggle allows someone deploying geoserver to swap between implementations if needed.
This is different from a Hint which explicitly makes the choice up to the programmer (although a default can be provided by a system property). -- Jody Garnett On 26 August 2015 at 10:08, Andrea Aime <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks Daniele, Andrea mentioned it in the meeting yesterday so the >> change is expected. >> >> Personally I have a bit of trouble keeping track of all these system >> property flags in GeoServer. But hesitate at adding them to the >> documentation as each seem to represent an internal experiment. >> > > I don't know how can you see most of them as "internal experiments". > > Most of them are there to allow usage of a new system vs old system, > either allowing people in need to try the new system > that is known to not be as functional as the old one, or have the new one > work by default, but allow a fallback > to the old one in case something goes belly up when people actually try > stuff on their machines (as we all know, we > receive little/no testing from betas by the user base, so this is just > being cautious to me). > > As for documenting them, I guess it's case by case, but most of the time, > we probably don't want to, > or we might want to lump them all in a "advanced and hopefully not useful" > section for the people > that want to go the extra mile, as the default is the choice making sense > for the majority of users. > > Cheers > Andrea > > -- > == > GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit > http://goo.gl/it488V for more information. > == > > Ing. Andrea Aime > @geowolf > Technical Lead > > GeoSolutions S.A.S. > Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 > 55054 Massarosa (LU) > Italy > phone: +39 0584 962313 > fax: +39 0584 1660272 > mob: +39 339 8844549 > > http://www.geo-solutions.it > http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it > > *AVVERTENZE AI SENSI DEL D.Lgs. 196/2003* > > Le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio di posta elettronica e/o > nel/i file/s allegato/i sono da considerarsi strettamente riservate. Il > loro utilizzo è consentito esclusivamente al destinatario del messaggio, > per le finalità indicate nel messaggio stesso. Qualora riceviate questo > messaggio senza esserne il destinatario, Vi preghiamo cortesemente di > darcene notizia via e-mail e di procedere alla distruzione del messaggio > stesso, cancellandolo dal Vostro sistema. Conservare il messaggio stesso, > divulgarlo anche in parte, distribuirlo ad altri soggetti, copiarlo, od > utilizzarlo per finalità diverse, costituisce comportamento contrario ai > principi dettati dal D.Lgs. 196/2003. > > > > The information in this message and/or attachments, is intended solely for > the attention and use of the named addressee(s) and may be confidential or > proprietary in nature or covered by the provisions of privacy act > (Legislative Decree June, 30 2003, no.196 - Italy's New Data Protection > Code).Any use not in accord with its purpose, any disclosure, reproduction, > copying, distribution, or either dissemination, either whole or partial, is > strictly forbidden except previous formal approval of the named > addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please contact > immediately the sender by telephone, fax or e-mail and delete the > information in this message that has been received in error. The sender > does not give any warranty or accept liability as the content, accuracy or > completeness of sent messages and accepts no responsibility for changes > made after they were sent or for other risks which arise as a result of > e-mail transmission, viruses, etc. > > ------------------------------------------------------- >
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