Re: [Geoserver-devel] Community modules and the whole development process

2011-05-16 Thread Alessio Fabiani
Hi guys, my 2 c ... I mainly develop under windows and using git successfully ... most of our projects are git based and for sure we enjoy the power and flexibility of this instument. Said that I personally agree with Justin and Ben, I guess speaking about community modules we should mainly take i

Re: [Geoserver-devel] Community modules and the whole development process

2011-05-15 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
I disagree. One key advantage of keeping community modules in subversion is continuous integration coverage. The -PallExtensions profile raises quality by forcing community modules to build or be kicked. This makes it a true incubator. Furthermore, it alerts core developers to community module

Re: [Geoserver-devel] Community modules and the whole development process

2011-05-13 Thread Justin Deoliveira
In my opinion community modules still have their place. For a few reasons. 1. While core developers are comfortable using git the learning curve is big if you have never used it. I feel it might hinder contribution if we make that the only option. 2. We build and publish some of the more mature c

Re: [Geoserver-devel] Community modules and the whole development process

2011-05-13 Thread David Winslow
Here is a list of community modules that I think I'm either the author, co-author, or current maintainer of (I am pretty terrible about putting my name in the appropriate fields in the pom, sorry about that.) - css: definitely still maintained (although most of the real work of this module i

Re: [Geoserver-devel] Community modules and the whole development process

2011-05-13 Thread Andrea Aime
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Gabriel Roldán wrote: > Hey, so this is my concern wrt community modules: IMHO the whole concept > of having community modules in the mainstream svn repo is obsolete. > > I don't quite remember if we already discussed it, but for how long are > we going to keep tie

[Geoserver-devel] Community modules and the whole development process

2011-05-13 Thread Gabriel Roldán
Hey, so this is my concern wrt community modules: IMHO the whole concept of having community modules in the mainstream svn repo is obsolete. I don't quite remember if we already discussed it, but for how long are we going to keep tied to svn? Moving to git is a natural step forward IMHO and it'd