GeoTools / GeoServer Meeting 2014-09-30
Attending
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Ben Caradoc-Davies
Andrea Aime
Jody Garnett
Jukka Rahkonen
Marcus Sen
Agenda
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1) 2.6.0 Release Train
2) Foss4g Roundup
3) Community additions (GeoFence, etc...)
4) Upgrade
5) Pull Request Roundup
6) WMS DataURL
Actions from last meeting
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- (Jody) Merge GEOS-6669 fix and ask list to test nightly build [DONE]
- (Ben) Ask on the mailing list for GeoTools 12.0 / GeoServer 2.6.0 release volunteer [DONE]
- (Jody) will check to see about Kevin's availability to coordinate GWC activities [DONE]
- (Jody) Round up FOSS4G blog post for geoserver.org [PENDING]
- AuScope Roadshow blog post [PENDING]
Actions
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2.6.0:
- JG/JD: Build DMG
- AA: Linux test
- BCD: Ask Ian about blog post
Foss4g:
- JG: foss4g slide/video blogs so we can link to them for release
- Marcus: Search foss4g website for other related talks (search source for GeoServer to get all the titles). "Vertical Solution" = include GeoServer
Community additions:
- AA: Solr <-- first
- AA: JMS Clustering
- AA: GeoFence
- JD: Hazelcast Cluster
Upgrades:
- JD: Looking at Spring 4.2, will send email of regression/glitches
- JD: Jetty required for new Spring (as it uses Servlet 3.0)
- JD: wfs stored queries (Sampo Savolainen)
- AA: contact Sampo and see if he can resume work on wfs stored queries
Pull requests:
- JG: Contact Dwins about missing tests (GS PR 752/753)
- AA: Check with JD about Cite and fix from Brad
WMS DataURL:
- Marcus - submit pull request when paperwork complete
2.6.0 Release Train
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Artifacts are ready? Tested ...
- bin tested on windows 7
- DMG not produced yet? Some email with Justin
- so we are still waiting
- Is there a draft blog post?
- We are two weeks late - sigh
Actions:
- JG/JD: Build DMG
- AA: Linux test
- BCD: Ask Ian about blog post
Foss4g Roundup
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I think videos are published? Not everything so check again
- http://www.how2map.com/2014/09/foss4g-day-3.html
- http://www.geo-solutions.it/blog/geosolutions-presentations-foss4g-2014/
Actions:
- JG: foss4g slide/video blogs so we can link to them for release
- Marcus: Search foss4g website for other related talks (search source for GeoServer to get all the titles). "Vertical Solution" = include GeoServer
Community additions
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To confirm get a GeoServer blog post to go out when new community modules merged into GeoServer.
Actions:
- AA: Solr <-- first
- AA: JMS Clustering
- AA: GeoFence
- JD: Hazelcast Cluster
2.6.0 Upgrade Traing
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So what are we planning to upgrade:
- JD: Looking at Spring 4.2, will send email of regression/glitches
- JD: Jetty required for new Spring (as it uses Servlet 3.0)
- Wicket still requires funding - so don't wait for it
- JD: wfs stored queries (Sampo Savolainen)
AA: contact Sampo and see if he can resume work on it
Pull / Request Roundup
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GeoTools:
- GeoTools tutorial - confimr already merged
- Docs - merge
- WFS Stored Queries - check with Justin/Sampo)
GeoServer:
- SQL Server docs fix. Who can test? AA/JD/Victor/Rini? Merge doc fix ...
- MBTiles and GeoPkg LayerPreview
- too many for meeting
- geoserver windbarb merge
- fix from brad on cite test failures
We have a couple pull requests from David Winslow missing tests:
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/752
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/753
Lots small pull "QA" requests waiting on a developer to build.
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/499
Actions:
- JG: Contact Dwins about missing tests
- AA: Check with JD about Cite and fix from Brad
WMS DataURL
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Marcus started work on prototype DataURL support in WMS:
- http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Adding-DataURL-to-WMS-layer-GEOS-5976-td5163779.html
- https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-5976
- https://github.com/bgsmase/geoserver/compare/tmpwk_dataurl
New feature - sounds great!
Look at how editing the MetaDataLinkEditor in the GeoServer UI.
Q: Is this the link to ISO 19115? A: No that is metadata URL
Note:
- There is also a feature list URL
Q: Can we link from WMS to WFS URL? Yes we could ... but OWS-10 looked at this using GetAssociations operation
Actions:
- Marcus - submit pull request when paperwork
- Tips for asking management - works for GeoTools/GeoServer
- IP department can look for Apache License
General Chatter
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Jody building up annoyances with REST API
ResourceStore workig well for mocking
Question about warnings:
- kill where possible
- often we don't have the time
- be careful of whitespace changes for no reason (seperate commit if you must)
- try for less warnings on each file you touch
Java 8 getting tested <-- wow!
Mailing list review:
Users have finally started to test 2.6-RC1 and found some issues:
- Cascading WMS (already fixed for the release)
- WMS slow through jdbc to postgis? https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-6691
- Stable flow of REST questions?
Idea: Ask users for an example of their working REST API request/response and cut and paste into the docs? Could collect into seperate page ... http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/rest/examples/curl.html
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Ben Caradoc-Davies <Ben.Caradoc-Davies@anonymised.com>
Software Engineer
CSIRO Mineral Resources Flagship
Australian Resources Research Centre
