Good point David. That is certainly one of the issues with the patch, in
that it lumps a number of changes together. If it were broken up i would be
fine with saying parts of it could go in and wait on only smaller parts of
it.
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:10 AM, David Winslow <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is it feasible to reduce the size of the patch by including only the
> consistency fixes, and shipping a GeoServer 2.2 release that knowingly
> contains UI bugs and uses deprecated (but presumed working) code?
>
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>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Christian Mueller <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi Andrea,
>>
>> Yes, imho GSIP 77 will improve the situation. Big +1 for the proposal.
>> The whole new security system is a monster change and I do not want to
>> have a Geoserver release with an inconsistent security system. Let us wait
>> for Justins opinion, I would vote for your proposal having a beta 3.
>>
>> Christian
>>
>>
>> 2012/6/15 Andrea Aime <[email protected]>
>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Christian Mueller <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> > The question is how to continue, two facts I want to point out
>>> >
>>> > - We cannot make a 2.2.0 release without the changes. The system would
>>> not
>>> > work correctly.
>>> > - My next steps would be to review/complete the security documentation
>>> and
>>> > during this work, make a next round hardening the code.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Opinions ?.
>>>
>>> The fact that we still need a 4400+loc patch to fix the security
>>> subsystem tells me
>>> whatever we release next week cannot possibly be a release candidate,
>>> but at
>>> best a beta3, especially since you say that a next round of hardening is
>>> in
>>> the plans: nothing bad about it per se, but bad that it's needed since
>>> RC means
>>> Release Candidate, means we believe we're done and ask the users to
>>> check and eventually tell us otherwise.
>>>
>>> Hopefully GSIP 77 will bring some sanity into all of this.
>>>
>>> Btw, I have no time to review the patch, I can have a look during the
>>> weekend
>>> but my familiarity with the new authentication system is not enough.
>>> I'll trust Justin's judgement on it unless my quick review really
>>> finds some red flag.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Andrea
>>>
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