GeoTools / GeoServer Meeting 2016-02-23
Attending
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Ben Caradoc-Davies
Jody Garnett
Andrea Aime
Devon Tucker
Apologies
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Ian Turton
Jukka Rahkonen
Agenda
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- 15-beta/2.9-beta release
- 13.6/2.7.6 release
- build discussion
- bug/fix round up? why bother it is a code freeze
Actions
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- Ben: review/propose a change to GSIP voting rules
Actions from last meeting
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- Jody: release GeoTools 15-beta / GeoServer 2.9-beta [UNBLOCKED]
- Andrea: maintenance release 13.6 / 2.7.6 [IN PROGRESS]
- Ben: review/propose a change to GSIP voting rules [NOT DONE]
- Jody: escalate stale artifacts issue to Boundless sysadmin [DONE]
- Jody: follow up ImageIO-Ext dependency questions
15-beta/2.9-beta release
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* repo.boundlessgeo.org fixed
* jenkins is back
* mac build machine configured with Java 8
* update build installers script
* double back for maven fix? see below
* passed cite tests
* blog post should thank sprint sponsors
Release is behind schedule, we have a fix #1510 that can wait until after the beta release.
Fixes:
- Fix #1510? If I need to retest should I pick this up?
- Ben asks that the GeoTools Maven 3.3.9 build failure fix be included
- GSIP-137 REST Configuration API HTTP Headers and percent encoding fix just merged; not urgent but would be nice to include in 2.9-beta
- Q: Does this fix windows build failures? A: not sure
Late:
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-7222
- GEOS-7433 Aggreate Function Output
Discussion:
- discussion/chat about respecting code freeze
- Q: GSIP about vector tiles module? Will have to wait three months.
13.6/2.7.6 release
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Now unblocked.
Blog post and announcement? Will do (tomorrow) 
Q: Is this last "volunteer" release of 2.7.6? A: Yes ...
If you are interested in any subsequent 2.7.x releases please volunteer on the mailing list.
(This is a way you can have a "long term" release, just backport any needed fixes and sponsor a new release)
Build Discussion
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The repo.boundlessgeo.com is fixed (for real this time). Any trouble seems to come from Jody setting it up, thanks for the help everyone.
With this in mind can we kill old jobs on ares:
- Asked admin to remove and .git checkouts from old/disabled builds (but not to delete the builds). Leave the empty folders their in case of emergency ...
- Jenkins stores all the jars everywhere somewhere on the hard drive ... so deleting old builds would save space. You can turn off this default!
- Can we clean out jars for old builds? Not sure ... only cleans if a new job is run
Changes to save space?
- only keep 30 days of builds
- setup plugin empty tmp directory once a week
- corrupt jars from .m2/repo (example gt-coverage had html file comments)
- Discussed CITE / OGC compliance
- Andrea has been keeping the geoserver tickets open/closed ratio from scissoring apart (um amazing work andrea)
- GeoTools is being more stable - not many newly opened tickets
Release Candidate Discussion
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Scheduled for March 3rd - Jody will volunteer (again)?
This is before our next meeting, want to keep our schedule?
Andrea volunteers to release the final.
blog post ideas:
- wicket changes? not too flashy - but important for health
- rest api for resource
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Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@anonymised.com>
Director
Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/>
New Zealand