[Geotools-devel] GTSteering: the build process

[Adrian C. <ac...@gm...>]

Hey Jody,

Some thoughts for steering geotools' build process. Sorry, I don't have
time/feel like digging out the GTSteering doc, figuring out how to edit
it, and how to send you the diff. :-(


Aspects of the build that need fixing:
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Licenses: every jar which could eventually end up used along should
contain a clear statement of the license(s) which apply to it.

SDK release: a release bundle like the bin release but which also
contained src jars for each binary jar.

Local deploy profile: The deploy system can be set up to deploy to a
local hard drive. During recent release, two of us wanted to do a
'test-deployment' without hitting lists.refractions or geotools.fr. It
appears possible to combine profiles and offline to set up such an
environment.

Archetypes: get two archetypes working, one for apps and one for
modules.

<comment>: try to figure out if converting <!-- comments to <comment>
style will keep the comments during branching/release/deploy. Note that
this will be *a lot* easier to test if we do the local deploy profile
discussed above.

assembly: change from our own jar-collector to assembly.


And, as ever, TIMED RELEASE POLICY because then we won't have to ask,
wonder, plan differently one month to the next. 

--adrian