[Geoserver-devel] Upcomming Geoserver Release

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Chris,

Yes, the two big things I'm planning on for the next release are:

1) SRS support (for the WMS)
      I dont expect this will be too difficult, but there's two issues:
      a) Geotools CRS support; I think this has improved very quickly,
         but Martin has said that we're losing a lot of information
         by using the .properties file instead of the actual epsg
         database.  The database isnt integrated into geotools yet
(there
         is a JIRA for it, though).  The implication is that our SRS
         xforms could be "poor" because we dont have access to all the
info.

      b) It also means that *every* layer will have to have a correct
         SRS associated with it.  I was thinking about having the
         FeatureType config in Geoserver throw an error/report if the
         SRS wasnt valid (or looked suspicious), but that might be a bit
         too aggressive.  I'm just trying to get users fix it before
they
         ask "why isnt my WMS working?".

2) GEOSERVER_HOME

     You've seen a few messages about this recently. I'm going to do a
bit more research and then do something simple - probably something in
the web.xml and the "-D..." option.


You also mentioned about documentation being spread between the "html"
documenation and the Wiki documentation.  I've been sticking most of
the new documentation in the Wiki because it much easier to add,
integrate, and update.  Plus, users get to make changes to it.

I'm sure you're one of the few people who use's your WEB-based server's
when you're not on the web.  I can included a site-snaged version of
the wiki with the distribution, but it kinda defeats the purpose of the
wiki.

In particular, the SRS help page, i believe, will be heavily frequented
by users since it is a bit confusing.  I was originally going to put a
help page and another page with all the actual SRSs in it.  I thought
having two links might be confusing, but its probably a good idea. 
I'll make the list of actual SRSs inside geoserver so you dont need the
web to access it.

dave


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