> It was no shock to me that people are surprised about the sudden move to > make rest and geosearch core modules. First off, i have to apologize b/c > this process has been poorly managed by me. These needed to be included > in 1.7.1 and I did not spend any time before hand working to get them to > a "releasable" state. >
> The requirement to include these modules comes down from those who pay > the bills... so not getting them into this release is not really an option. > I am not surprised by the direction; can I ask for a GSIP to be written (if not approved) for the 1.7.1 release? There are a couple of RnD links passed around in the IRC logs; but nothing formal we can consider for approval... > I am open to strategies on how to plan this road map. I know a lot of > different people want to see a lot of different things and have > different requirements. So I am not sure how to proceed in order to > build a balanced and fair road map. > I find it useful to have a separation between deadlines/funded work and strategic direction. We only really get in trouble when deadlines are endangered by so much active development a release window cannot be found. I agree that Jira is not the best tool for this sort of planning. Jody ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
