[Geoserver-devel] GeoTools / GeoServer PMC meeting - 2022-08-30

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Attending- Torben Barsballe

  • Andrea Aime

  • Jukka Rahkonnen

  • Kevin Smith

  • Jody Garnett

Actions from prior meetings:- N/A

Agenda1. GeoServer releases

  1. Home page GSIP

  2. GeoServer Doc Server (and more)

  3. Backporting resource reset GSIP

  4. Feedback from FOSS4G

  5. Drop Java 8 (code sprint activity)

Actions- Volunteers for maintenance and RC releases

  • Jody: Home Page GSIP available as 2.22-M0 - send to user list for testing

  • Torben: Switch GS + GT docbuild to new server

GeoServer releases

New build server is up, it’s faster, and it has not released anything yet.

  1. First release maintenance

  2. Then release RC

  3. The 2.22-M0 - worked so the new build server is working!

We need volunteers for both.

GeoSolutions may step up for maintenance, but before we need to backport the resource reset.

RC is waiting on the home page refactor.

Home page GSIP

Available as 2.22-M0

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/6122

New docs added:

GeoServer Doc Server

Test Build:

Staging Doc Server:

  • https://staging.docs.geoserver.org/main/en/user/

  • About old docs …

  • What about geoserver 2.8.3? They are available for download, …

  • Sharing the online docs for older versions is … an anti-feature is it not?

  • a script to publish old docs? perhaps it downloaded from sourceforge…

Next steps:

  • Switch all the doc builds over

  • Switch domain name

  • Tell Kathy Hoang from planet to shut off the old s3
    (she last asked in 2021 about shutting off)

Aside:

  • geotools: is going to change osgeo servers (this is fine)

  • geotools calls a script, we need to backport

  • merge a pull request into main

  • geowebcache:

  • still waiting on feedback from chris holmes on this domain name

  • we could try getting michael smith to ask (as an osgeo director)

  • approach use the same script to run sphinx build in geowebcache/docs

  • idea: https://geowebcache.osgeo.org - making a note on https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2642

Backporting resource reset GSIP

See request on devel list.

  • waiting for feedback (and +1) on email list

Feedback from FOSS4G

FOSS4G event:

  • very strong on “gathering of the tribes” flavor, not so much on the “outreach to new people” flavor

  • even people at their first foss4g they were already using qgis and geoserver and postgis

  • discussion about this being a european “foss4g-first” approach :slight_smile:

  • 1040 people onsight (unexpectedly lots!) + 200 online (unexpectedly small?)

  • This was a great result!

  • Assume online videos being made later cut down on online participation

  • popular topics:

  • vector tiles remains very popular, but not any feedback from our community

  • lots of presentations, and geoserver often used in their production

  • LIADAR ← 3D vector tile specification from Cesium

  • requires WMTS with gridset 3 dimensions

  • jukka did a surprise presentation ← good job!

workshop:

  • installation was only okay (glad to have david and ian helping)

  • Windows remains trouble

  • docker mostly worked, but I could not figure out how to help folks running on windows

  • windows installer was not made (sigh)

  • Programs folder, running into restrictions on data directory writable etc…

  • Write into %AppData%/GeoServer/data like old boundless installers

  • This can be tricky for manual installs, because it’s a hidden folder

  • cloud env as backup; but needed more

  • limited permissions etc …

  • About 5% failed to get geoserver to go; all on windows

  • People ended up running with Java 18 (gulp!)

  • Perhaps lead with the Adoptium link in our install instructions?

  • Docker did okay

  • 5% of folks did docker and were pretty

  • Jody used it to demo, and run with run different extensions

  • S3 delayed showing the new docs for a few hours; just a bother…

Amazon asked about setting up an AMI

  • Responded that companies would need to do this

  • Kind of odd amazon asking us for a “hand out” … to work for exposure :slight_smile:

Presentations:

  • State of GeoServer

  • Feature Frenzy

  • Always lots of questions

Got a new group shot (without jukka who was hiding)

Action: make a blog post!

Drop Java 8

There is a PR from the foss4g code sprint: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/6137

  • This is the documentation change, Ian Turton has already reviewed

  • blocked: Need a GSIP ← jody