[Geoserver-devel] Updates to community process docs

Hi all,

Discussion last week over the inclusion of app-schema in the 2.0-beta2 release illuminated a gap in the documentation of the community / road map process we follow. So in an attempt to remedy this:

http://docs.geoserver.org/1.7.x/developer/policies/community-process.html

It also reflects the recent changes to have the road map updates be completely email based.

Also, in the interest of transparency, I wanted to provide the background which led up to us defining and agreeing on this process:

Some email discussion:

http://www.nabble.com/sorry-for-missing-IRC%2C-here-are-my-thoughts-td20687329.html#a20687329
http://www.nabble.com/moving-toward-a-better-community-process-td20796015.html#a20796015

Which resulted in a GSIP:

http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/GSIP+30+-+Roadmap+Process

-Justin

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Justin Deoliveira
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
Enterprise support for open source geospatial.