Jody Garnett ha scritto:
>>> current GeoServer is at version 2.0 (unstable) / 1.7.6 (stable), we have
>>> installations out there that have GeoServer versions 1.5.4b and 1.6.4b!
>> Both dead for a long time
>>
> Dead may be too strong a word; a critical patch done for a paying
> customer would be fine. The difficulty is that the developers no
> longer have a checkout; so there is an over head associated with
> grabbing the code; making a fix; deploying it for someone to test; and
> then finally issuing a dot release. These overheads add up restricting
> it to a paid activity.
> 
> It is also worth noting that these overheads are not present in when
> working on trunk since a release will be coming out later in the
> month; making it much cheaper for everyone to be involved.

Yeah, this is pretty much what I meant when I said "dead". Given the
availability of source code and the tools needed there is no project
that cannot be resurrected and patched (especially when there is still
people familiar with it around).

Cheers
Andrea

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