[Aust-NZ] Merging new developments into core (was: Finding a way forward)

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Roald,

On May 20, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Roald de Wit wrote:

> Hi Jeroen et al,
>
> Jeroen Ticheler wrote:
>> At this point I want to have some discussion on the GeoNetwork  
>> developer list to find a good working solution. The most obvious  
>> one for me is to have sandboxes set up for those that develop new  
>> functions. This will allow a developer to just do his work as  
>> normal, but has the big advantage that others can see what's  
>> happening and can be informed on forehand. So when time comes to  
>> merge new code to trunk, we already had a chance to see the code  
>> (through commit mailing list for instance) and the process of a  
>> proposal and voting would be slimmed down a lot.
>> Looking forward to some good discussion on this.
>
> The process you are describing above looks very similar to what  
> happens in OpenLayers (not sure if you had this project in mind when  
> writing).
Oh, didn't know about that! Good to know.
>
>
> IMO, having sandboxes is a good thing. Besides what you mention  
> above, it makes it easier to collaborate, stay up-to-date with and  
> create patches against the trunk. OpenLayers has recently started  
> having an add-in system for useful contributions that don't belong  
> to the core application. A similar approach could work well with  
> GeoNetwork too, I assume.
Yes, can well imagine such thing. This is particularly true for things  
like language modules, application profiles and custom 'skins' but  
also for custom editor interfaces or add-ons like the metadata  
extraction tools.

>
> If there is approval from the GeoNetwork PSC, how soon could we see  
> (amongst others) the BlueNet branch in the GeoNetwork SVN repository  
> (maybe as a sandbox to start with)? How does the BlueNet team feel  
> about this possible move? Does this sound like the 'wheels' that  
> CSIRO could help out greasing (if resources are a problem)?

For what the PSC approval concerns, I can second or make a proposal  
with input from others. That shouldn't be a long process though.

Cheers,
Jeroen
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roald de Wit
>
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