[mapserver-dev] Reminder of big push now for 8.0 release

[Jeff McKenna]

Thanks Tom, fast writing!  #passion

(updated the agenda with that link)

-jeff



On 2020-09-02 6:49 p.m., Tom Kralidis wrote:
> Sounds good Jeff.  I've drafted my notes at [1] for now. This is probably enough
> for now and if we need a dedicated breakout via Jitsi depending on
> folks interest,
> we can plan accordingly.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> ..Tom
> 
> [1] https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/OGC-API
> 
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 5:19 PM Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>
>> Sounds good Tom, if you're more comfortable with a Jitsi meeting that is
>> fine too (edit the wiki agenda details as you need, and let us know).  I
>> just wanted to get the ball rolling on the date and agenda initial draft
>> page.
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2020-09-02 6:06 p.m., Tom Kralidis wrote:
>>> Thanks Jeff.  For the OGC API update given this will be on IRC, I
>>> guess I can point to
>>> some slides and an outline of possible MapServer support and implications?
>>>
>>> ..Tom
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 4:49 PM Jeff McKenna
>>> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the Doodle responses, the winner is the first timeslot
>>>> (Tuesday the 8th, at 8am Minnesota time).
>>>>      time:
>>>> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2020&month=09&day=08&hour=13&min=0&sec=0
>>>>      tentative agenda:
>>>> https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/PSC-Meeting-2020-09-08
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2020-08-26 11:50 a.m., Steve Lime wrote:
>>>>> Jeff: I was talking to Tom K. offline about the OGC APIs and he leading
>>>>> a discussion on the topic. It would be good to get a PSC meeting
>>>>> together in a couple of weeks (week of 9/7) and Tom would be the primary
>>>>> presenter. We can touch on other things as well. Sound ok? --Steve
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 1:48 PM Jeff McKenna
>>>>> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>       Hi devs,
>>>>>
>>>>>       Reminder that we have a big 8.0 release coming up (tentatively set for
>>>>>       October 30), and you can see the various tickets/PRs assigned to 8.0 at
>>>>>       https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/milestone/54 (this link is often
>>>>>       hard to find on the Github interface).
>>>>>
>>>>>       I have created a visible release plan page that users can follow
>>>>>       (https://mapserver.org/development/release/release-plan-8.0.html) which
>>>>>       lists some hard dates (tentative as usual, but gives us a goal)   :
>>>>>
>>>>>           Feature freeze : Fri. October 2, 2020
>>>>>           8.0-beta1 : Fri. October 9, 2020
>>>>>           8.0-beta2 : Fri. October 16, 2020
>>>>>           8.0-rc1 : Fri. October 23, 2020
>>>>>           8.0 (final) : Fri. October 30, 2020
>>>>>
>>>>>       So, in other words, September will be a lot of changes happening, with
>>>>>       the goal to start the release process on October 2.   (of course lets
>>>>>       see how things go, if the release has to be pushed back to January/2021
>>>>>       it is no big deal)
>>>>>
>>>>>       Feedback on this plan (and date changes) are welcomed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>       -jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>