Documentation Formal mapserver

[Steve Lime]

Pablo: Steve is correct. MapServer has followed a somewhat organic growth path. I would be
happy to answer questions about why things are a certain way or any other questions regarding
the history of the project.

Steve

>>> On 5/30/2007 at 3:52 PM, in message <465DE404.6010902 at swoodbridge.com>, Stephen
Woodbridge <woodbri at SWOODBRIDGE.COM> wrote:
> pablo zader wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *Hi friends. I need to know if the project MapServer was developed on a 
>> model of Engineering software, that is to say, on a formal model (or 
>> semi-formal) and if it is this way, need to know if this available above 
>> mentioned documentation. I wait for his help. Thank you very much *
>> 
>> -- 
>> Pablo Zader
> 
> Pablo,
> 
> I do not think mapserver was developed based on a formal model of 
> software engineering. The project was started by Steve Lime and he 
> designed and built the fundamental engine. Over time various other 
> contributors have added significantly to the project.
> 
> Over the last few years we have add a more formal process around making 
> changes. We generate RFC for major changes that are reviewed and 
> commented on by the dev team, we vote on these and then the developer 
> that has made the proposal implements it. The voting is done by a PSC 
> (Project Steering Committee) which is made up of mostly developers but a 
> few power users also.
> 
> You can read more about this in the RFC 1 and some other s on the 
> mapserver website under the Development link.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> -Steve W.