Re: [Gwt-openlayers-devl] SF VCS support

[Edwin C. <com...@gm...>]

Hi Aaron,

That is very good news! I would favor Hg over Git, given that Hg is more
widespread in the Java ecosystem (being used for openJDK and openSolaris),
whereas Git is more widespread in the Linux ecosystem. Since GWT is in the
Java ecosystem, I see a more natural fit with Mercurial.

My choice for Hg would thus be mostly political. All three, Git, Hg and
Bazaar are in use for large projects, so I guess they are all three quite
mature. For Git and Hg I understand the tool support is good on Linux as
well as Windows.

My suggestion would still be to proceed as follows:
a) keep enhancing GWT-OpenLayers 0.4 snapshot until mid april (please help
out with bringing up new milestone issues and solving existing milestone
ones).
b) change package name from com.eg.gwt.openLayers to org.gwtxxx.openlayers
or org.xxx.gwtopenlayers (where xxx is to be determined)
c) migrate to Hg or Git
d) release GWT-OpenLayers 0.4-rc1 in mid april
e) release GWT-OpenLayers 0.4

That way we can all play around with Git and Hg, and hold a final poll
before mid april about which distributed VCS and which package name to
choose.

Is everybody ok with moving the version number of GWT-OpenLayers from
0.3.1-SNAPSHOT to 0.4-SNAPSHOT and working towared 0.4-rc1 in april?

The path as I see it in terms of GWT-OpenLayers versions would be:
0.4-SNAPSHOT -> 0.4-rc1 -> 0.4 -> 0.5-SNAPSHOT -> 0.5-rc1 -> 0.5 ->
1.0-SNAPSHOT

OpenLayers 2.8 is already at 72% completion of the tickets for that release.

In terms of functionality supported I see it as follows:
0.4:  GWT-OpenLayers 0.4 supports much of 2.7.
0.5:  It would be nice if we could get GWT-OpenLayers 0.5 to support all
functionality of 2.7 that does not duplicate GWT functionality (such as XML
support), with the exception of certain layer types and some of OpenLayers
2.8
1.0:  GWT-OpenLayers 1.0 should catch up with OpenLayers 2.8 (assuming that
2.8 will be released before GWT-OpenLayers 1.0)

With respect to different layers that GWT-OpenLayers supports it would be
nice if we have people under the developers or testers that actually use
that layers, so they can give feedback from using it in practice. I mostly
use WMS and Vector layers, but I am very happy that support for Google and
OSM are in. Other layers that are high on my list to support are: WorldWind,
Mapserver, and WFS (though I believe connecting to WFS from javascript is
suboptimal). Is there anybody amongst us who would like to work on KaMap,
MapGuide, MultiMap, VirtualEarth, or Yahoo?

Greetings,
Edwin



2009/3/15 Aaron Novstrup <ano...@st...>

> Hi all,
>
> I was playing around on SF today and noticed Mercurial under the Code menu.
>  I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, but, sure enough, SF
> officially supports Git, Mercurial, and Bazaar as of *yesterday*:
> http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-03-13-003-35-PR-SV.
>
> Cheers,
> ~Aaron
>
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