[Geoserver-devel] GeoTools / GeoServer PMC meeting - 2023-02-14

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Attending- Torben Barsballe

  • Jody Garnett

  • Jukka Rahkonnen

  • Andrea Aime

  • Kevin Smith

Actions from prior meetings:- GeoWebCache Doc Build

Agenda1. Jenkins Builds - Docker, GWC

  1. Extension and community modules clean up

  2. Issues with weird attribute names

  3. Release and announcement planning

  4. Map update

  5. Foss4G planning

  6. OSGeo Budget

Actions- Torben: Add GWC Doc build on Jenkins

  • Jody: Update sphynx python instructions for GeoServer

Jenkins Builds

GWC Build script written and merged (Thanks Jody).

  • New python tricks with requirements.txt
    worth updating the geoserver / geotools sphinx build instructions?

  • sphinx-autobuild is very hand when writing for live feedback

Jody still positive about MkDocs, there is a matching sphinx theme to help ease transition

  • Will try an experiment and to report back

  • The are comparable; but MkDocs

TODO: Corresponding Jenkins build

Jenkins docker build is now working, will be tested with next release

GeoTools Java 11 build failing to publish javadocs:

geotools@anonymised.com: Permission denied (publickey).

Torben is checking it …

  • It looks like the SSH Agent (with geotools credentials) wasn’t enabled

  • Java 11 change? That may be when docs started failing …

  • Now fixed, just needed SSH agent

Extension and community modules clean up

From email:

extensions → community

  • xslt

  • imagemap

community → bit bucket in the sky

  • WMS-EO

  • SAML

  • OWS-Simulate

  • NSG-WMTS

  • WMTS-styles

  • ogcapi/image

  • ext-teradata

  • importer-fgdb? May of been disabled during GDAL upgrade

  • DDS? Nope it is used … by World Wind and Cesium.

  • printing? Needs some love (jody has a fork of mapfish but it sends daily hate mail).

Docks to clean up:

  • geostyler? Docs can be removed …

TODO:

  • Andrea is testing importer-fgdb? Can compile; cannot find its native libraries

Issues with weird attribute names

Strange attribute names?

  • This is the geoserver way; we do not validate your names - please choose names that work with the protocol you are using :slight_smile:

  • Attributes like 1984 are not valid for XML output; standards like SLD like to work XML stuff like XPath which assume it is working with valid xml stuff

  • Some Property Accessors try and check …

Encountered with:

  • WMS Styling - should be fine as we want a picture not XML

  • FeatureType customization - cannot fix this stuff as property accessors get stuck

  • Q: Can property accessor just not check (since it knows it is not doing XPath)?
    However if the XPath accessor checks first it assumes

Options:

  • Use AbstractFactory getPriority()

  • Or use a marker interface to let simple things be simple

Release and announcement planning

Was waiting on a couple PRs:

  • Anything else outstanding?

  • Map update (see below)?

Any outstanding bugs to look at:

  • representations of some REST resources changed (based on a dependency addition)

  • double check that changing internationalization changes all (rather than some) of the displayed messages
    Q: Are they all translated?

Map update

PR: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/6527

  • Size of data increase; asked on email list (sorry)

  • todo: Fix the SLDs (some are invalid)

  • swapping language: en / it … others can be done over time

How is INSPIRE language parameter intended to be used for GetCapabilities and GetMap?

  • GetMap:

  • Would it be nice if layer preview change this?

  • LANGUAGE= ends up being a vendor parameter?

  • Could add a drop down the openlayer preview

  • GetCapabilities

We would need a bit more knowledge on what translations were available for a geoserver installing. The INSPIRE module can advertise what languages are supported.

Foss4G planning

Talk and workshop round up; submit on Feb 19th …

  • reached out geomesa folks for an update

  • reached out to gabe / camptocamp – no update yet

OSGeo Budget

See: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2023

  • Yes to “initiative” for replacing org.opengis use:

  • Asked for 20k, 10k approved with 5k funding for downstream projects

  • OSGeo is asking Apache / others for enough funding to meet our target

  • Meeting to be scheduled with Apache Foundation

  • No to “security” initiative

  • Is this a good idea? Anyone else willing to push it …

  • Ideas:

  • Push bug button on home page website

  • Put a “information” message to admins when logged in to admin UI
    (control with Environment variable/checkbox in the GUI)

  • GeoTools Security policy is live :slight_smile:

  • Enabled vulnerability reporting as an experiment; if successful we will add to GeoServer

  • GeoServer fundraising progress:

  • We have $3700 from 2022 to start from; but this does not match project needs for security fixes (for example)

  • https://blog.qgis.org/2023/01/16/crowd-funding-call-2023/ and https://www.qgis.org/en/site/about/sustaining_members.html

  • A lot of small donations, with the bulk of funding from larger contributions

  • https://gdal.org/sponsors/index.html

  • Howard went and did the legwork to ask for larger amounts