No objection here to making it the default on trunk. Imo now is the best
time to do it, while we are in dev phase.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]>wrote:
> I would bee keen to see it land as an option in trunk. I would like it if
> we could strike a balance between discussion and breaking out a GSIP
> proposal.
>
> I do not see this change as particularly strategic, destabilising, or as a
> scary API or UI change. It looks like exactly the kind of RnD we expect on
> trunk and think we could proceed based on discussion.
>
>
>
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Andrea Aime <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> thinking about the new PNG encoder, I was wondering, what if I make a
>> GSIP to include it
>> on trunk as the default PNG encoder (so move the code in the wms module),
>> replacing also the usual checkbox about choosing the
>> "native" PNG encoder with a combo box with a drop down having 3 options,
>> jdk, native
>> or PNGJ.
>>
>> Rationale:
>> * the new PNG encoder is pure java, requires no extra installations, and
>> provides both performance
>> and output size benefits
>> * has a good amount of testing, with checks it can encode more color
>> models than GeoServer
>> normally produces in output (all the ones contained in the PNG spec)
>> * we still have three+ months ahead before the 2.5.0 release, so there is
>> time to kick its tires
>> * for any residual corner case the drop down choice will allow admins to
>> switch to another
>> encoder
>>
>> I understand this encoder is "new", but so were the new KML module and
>> the new shapefile
>> modules last release (so far it seems it went well for those two, only a
>> few issues were reported),
>> and that's precisely the reason for a GSIP.
>>
>> Just wanted to test the waters and see if anyone would be strongly
>> opposed to the move.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Andrea
>>
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