[Geoserver-devel] Joint PSC meeting, August 5 2014 minutes

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GeoTools / GeoServer Meeting 2014-08-05

Attending

Ben Caradoc-Davies
Jukka Rahkonen
Jody Garnett
Andrea Aime

Agenda

  • Maven Central SSL
  • 2.6.x RC1 Release
  • GeoServer “Best Of List” for FOSS4G
  • AuScope Roadshow 2014
  • LocationTech Roadshow
  • General Chatter

Actions

  • Jody: take 2.6-beta feedback into individual bug reports for discussion/resolution
  • Ben: Going to write a blog post about auscope roadshow
  • Jukka: Test 2.6-beta windows start.bat story
  • Andrea: post the meeting logs
  • Ben: Ask for volunteers to make 2.6-RC1, 2.4.8 (last 2.4.x release)

Actions from last time

  • Andrea: Add advanced projection handling to docs or javadocs? (AA)
  • Jody: kick wordpress blog an issue about feed.xml script access
  • Justin: can you review https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/443 please
  • Ben: posting minuets like a boss [DONE, sonata next time]

Maven Central SSL

Now available. Unsigned artifacts + unsecure download source = trouble
Sonatype were charging people a fee, 14 subscribers ever :-p
Now available for free (right?)

Upgrade OSGeo and other repos to SSL?

If you want to do that raise a ticket in trac? Would need a search and replace pom.xml? Which would break http access (inconsistent pom.xml https vs http).

Q: Update reference to maven central? (for master)
A: Volunteer Ben cause he knows everything!

2.6-beta release

Yay! So how did the beta do?

Downloads:

Testing feedback:

  1. wfs-ng? Bug raised - but no action
  1. rendering?
  • was not beta specific
  1. Jody’s preflight testing
  • OSX: yet not working (installer), couple suggestions, hack the JDK (install guide as a temporary measure)
  • Windows: not staring if you are not running as a service (normal batch scripts are not working) → unpack in a different directory, program data something
  • Remove the source packaging, just point at Github (remove from release scripts?)
  1. Jukka testing

Testing start.bat is not finding java home?
(Jukkka to testing) startup.bat is checking JAVA_HOME and that is no more set → needs different logic for finding jre

Possible Workaround of setting JAVA_HOME env variable.
Or try to understand what Edgar Soldin has done with OpenJUMP http://sourceforge.net/p/jump-pilot/code/HEAD/tree/core/trunk/scripts/oj_windows.bat

2.6.x/2.4.8 RC1 Release

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Release-Schedule

August 18th:

  • 2.6-rc1: Andrea to send mail to ml ask for takers
  • 2.4.8: Jody

AuScope Roadshow 2014

[Text from email by Rini]
AuScope is having a road show in September in Perth, Sydney and Adelaide.
It will cover open source geospatial technologies such as GeoServer, QGIS and others.
There will also be a Developer Day where developers have a chance to collaborate with others including AuScope developers to discuss solutions to problems using these technologies.
Please extend the invitation to others who might be interested in attending:
https://twiki.auscope.org/wiki/pub/Grid/AuScopeWebServicesRoadshow2014/2014_Roadshow_invite_final.pdf
https://twiki.auscope.org/wiki/Grid/AuScopeWebServicesRoadshow2014

Same week as FOSS4G in Portland.

If you cannot attend Portland - consider attending this.
Developer day? (Code sprint-light). See wiki page.

Task: Ben with writing a geoserver blog invite to this thing.

LocationTech Roadshow

Open to all manner of geospatial presentations, welcome to get in touch and take part.

http://tour.locationtech.org/2014/

Q: North american only?
A: No - there is a couple in europe

General Chatter

Jukka tested 2.6-beta + java 7 + win 7, works if we set java_home manually. See also:
http://superuser.com/questions/543810/where-is-java-jre-path-specified-in-windows-7

ScalUtils calculations.

No fix for this one, deep JAI utility class.

Intersecting one from justin, more large catalog scalability.

I think we are good to go? Andrea can you ping the board the email.