[geomoose-psc] 2.9.1 vs 2.10.0

[Dan Little]

More the former than the later.  We have the grid. There is a lot of
demand to show off the grid functionality.  It's broken now, but it's
definitely going to be fixed soon.

I have a bias towards releasing a 2.9.1 to make it less intimidating looking.

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 11:55 AM, TC Haddad <tchaddad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe you can better describe the 'grid extension by default' option, as
> that seems to be the pivotal issue?
>
> - if 'default' means that it is included for easy access and use, that's
> fairly trivial
> - if 'default' means that it is now going to displace an existing alternate
> method, that's significant.
>
> TH
>
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 9:26 AM, James Klassen <klassen.js at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > From semver.org
>> >
>> > Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:
>> >
>> > MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
>> > MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible
>> > manner,
>> > and
>> > PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.
>> >
>> > Additional labels for pre-release and build metadata are available as
>> > extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format.
>> >
>> > =
>> >
>> > I would vote for this being viewed from the users of our API's
>> > perspective,
>> > not the project's perspective.  The point of semantic versions is to
>>
>> Exactly.  Build system and other development items have no impact on
>> the released software or versioning (from the users' perspective).
>>
>> > communicate the level and type of change they can expect.  In our case
>> > our
>> > API is defined as the mapbook format, the javascript GeoMOOSE namespace,
>> > and
>> > the services interface.  Notable things that aren't listed that maybe
>> > should
>> > be might be general user experience (that would require retraining) and
>> > something covering the PHP services in the demo parcel application and
>> > maybe
>> > the layout of the demo.
>>
>> Good point about the demo and default services.
>>
>> >
>> > To me the grid extension is (1) an extension, not core and (2) a bit of
>> > a
>> > technology preview as there are many known deficiencies yet particularly
>> > when dealing with more than one layer, so updates to that wouldn't force
>> > a
>> > 2.10 in my mind.
>> >
>> > Changing the functional defaults (including the grid extension by
>> > default)
>> > may be going too far for a 2.9.1.
>>
>> Right, this could go either way but is starting to push the limit.
>>
>> >
>> > The rest seem to clearly fall into a 2.9.1.
>>
>> Agree.
>>
>> Eli
>>
>> >
>> > Technically breaking changes should force a 3.0.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Dan Little <theduckylittle at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hey folks,
>> >>
>> >> Jim and I are working on some improvements to the 2.9 version of
>> >> GeoMoose.  I'm hoping to have something in the next month or so.  It
>> >> will feature:
>> >>
>> >> * Various bug fixes as we find them.
>> >> * A slightly improved version of the Grid extension.
>> >> * Grid extension by default (maybe?)
>> >> * Some small improvements to the build system to make debugging easier.
>> >>
>> >> Given the rules of semantic versioning I'm not sure where this falls.
>> >> The latter is definitely a change but it shouldn't be a breaking
>> >> change and would be very close to a "bug fix" IMO.  The bug being
>> >> "there are slow loading times for development".
>> >>
>> >> Opinions?
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