[Geoserver-devel] GeoTools / GeoServer Meeting 2017-09-05

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GeoTools / GeoServer Meeting 2017-09-05

Attending

Ben Caradoc-Davies

Jody Garnett

David Vick

Nicolai Parlog

Apologies# Agenda- Java 9 Update

• beta release and code freeze

• osgeo charter member nominations

• CITE Tests Update/Planning

• Build server status

• FOSS4G blog post

Actions- Jody: beta release, blocked on GWC security issues

• Nicolai: Write a proposal for API Change to FactoryRegistry

• Jody: Create draft FOSS4G blog post, kudos to Andrea

Previous Meeting actions- Jody: to ask for update on the locationtech email list about JTS Relicensing

• Jody: to write a wiki page letter for the requested JTS classes

• (done) Andrea: GeoPackage graduation - report to JIRA

• (done) Jody: remind devel list about code freeze, coordinate on email list for sunday/monday

• (done) Torben, others: Review and merge open bugfix PRs before code freeze

• (done) Torben: blog.geoserver.org down, talk to Boundless

• Torben: document macOS install conflict with “native” JAI

• Jody: Create draft FOSS4G blog post, kudos to Andrea

• (done) Jody: Review GWC Security PR

Java 9 Update

Nicolai - thanks for joining.

CLA:

• Nicolai will notify geotools-devel when CLA is signed

Proposal:

• We will need to do a proposal http://docs.geotools.org/latest/developer/procedures/proposal.html

• Make a new wiki page for the proposal list
  https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/Proposals (wiki page)

• Similar example of a breaking API change
  https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/Change-from-vecmath-to-EJML

• ServiceRegistry → FactoryRegistry

• Filter → Predicate

• Breaking change! Perfect time for after the code freeze

PR - https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/1670

Beta Release and code freeze

Progress from David Vick

• GeoWebCache work is done

• Security integration with GeoServer is failing tests

• Some leads with CachedDispatcher

Is there anything we can do to help?

• Any volunteers with GeoServer codebase please help:

• ambiguous remapping etc…

• Note: Torben and Kevin are on holiday, Devon is back and helping out

• Kevin is available to make GWC release when it is ready

PRs:

• Mostly merged (thanks torben)

• Niels asks about https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/2439, fine to merge if swagger docs done prior to release

osgeo charter member nominations

OSGeo nominations are open until September 7th, review list of charter members here: http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members

Goal is to provide a balanced membership, see:

• http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2017

• https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process

What is the responsibility - charter members vote for a board members and charter members.

GeoTools leadership we could consider nominating:

• Ben, Christian

GeoServer leadership we could consider nominating:

• Brad Hards, Alessio Fabiani

CITE Tests Update/Planning

To discuss next meeting.

Build server status

Any follow up on “worst code sprint ever”.

Travis is working reliable now.

We have two:

• build.geoserver.org

• faster, less builds

• cite tests are not going yet

• Ares

• Only being used for CITE tests

Actions:

• Consider turning off duplicated builds on ares?

• need the nightly builds + cite

FOSS4G blog post

Still pending release:

• Slides up

• Photos are being uploaded

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