[Geotools-devel] irc feedback - geotools 2.1

[Chris H. <ch...@op...>]

IRC Feedback
Hey, I just read the irc logs from the 11th, and thought I'd chime in a
bit, as I was quoted.  Fairly accurately, but with a few tweaks.

Though before SLD stuff, I really must say we should just put out 2.1,
and not wait for grid coverage to settle.  Because there is _always_
going to be something new, that needs to settle.  I think we need to
change our release process.  I keep meaning to write up a whole, solid
proposal on this.  And will try to soon.  But basically we need to make
our point releases a lot tighter.  Grid Coverage should be 2.2.  A new
SLD parser for 2.3.  Factories should have been a point release.  Not
going 2.1.0 soon is a big mistake.  We have a ton of great code, that
wasn't available in 2.0.  A ton.  I also think that moving to faster
release cycles will make us a lot more conscious of backwards
compatibility.  It will be obvious if things are breaking, instead of
the disaster of GeoServer on 2.0 and udig on 2.1.  We should only move
forward with a point release when we have commitment from every major
project.  Everything should be on a branch before that.  And on its own
branch.  Ok, enough rambling, but please, we need to push out a 2.1
release soon.  I will do what I can to help make that happen.  But I
think right now it's far more important to get it out then to make sure
_all_ areas are settled.  We should just mark gc as settling, or
perhaps even not include it in the release.  And if things need to
change a lot put it on a branch.  I think it should come back pretty
quick, as GeoServer 1.4 should come soon after 1.3, as Alessio's doing
great work on the branch (notice he's on a branch ;) for wcs).

Ok, just for Jody I'll split these up into separate emails.  Next one
will be sld parsing.


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