[postgis-devel] PSC Vote: Björn Harrtell committer rights

[Nicklas Avén]

> Lets do that Nicklas! As we know from recent "news" Sweden is the
> closest to hell on earth we can get, so we can't be blamed for
> working abroad.

Be careful Björn, you never know who believes in those things.
I suggest we arrange the 2018 code sprint in Sweden to adjust the
picture :-)


> PS. But I must say your "dialect" is suspiciously Norwegian...

Well, yes, you are right, I have lived here far to long.

/Nicklas
> 
> /Björn
> 
> 2017-02-18 19:16 GMT+01:00 Nicklas Avén <nicklas.aven at jordogskog.no>:
> > +1
> > 
> > Björn, we can start a club, swedish PostGIS comitters working
> > abroad :-).
> > 
> > For those who don't know, Björn is also the man behind jsts, the
> > jts javascript port. 
> > 
> > /Nicklas
> > 
> > ---- Regina Obe skrev ----
> > 
> > 
> > I'd like to propose that we give Bjorn Harrtell PostGIS committer
> > rights.
> > I would like input from others (not just PSC) if they have issue
> > with this.
> > 
> > For those who don't know him, Björn is the creator of ST_AsMVT
> > function
> > Mapbox Vector Tiles, which will be a new feature in PostGIS 2.4
> > 
> > http://postgis.net/docs/manual-dev/ST_AsMVT.html
> > 
> > And from ticket reports and also postgis-users, people have already
> > started
> > using it, so I suspect it will have a fair amount of traction in
> > PostGIS
> > 2.4.
> > 
> > Björn has also been helping Sandro (aka strk) with testing out Gogs
> > and has
> > been quick to respond to user feedback. This signals to me he'll he
> > has more
> > interest than his little corner of the pie and also will also take
> > responsibility for his corner.
> > 
> > That said, he has a couple more features he'd like to put in to MVT
> > and also
> > cleanup of some of logic to fit the spec, as noted here:
> > 
> > https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/3712
> > 
> > 
> > I think things will work much more smoothly if we let him manage
> > his work,
> > without having us to approve git pulls.
> > From what I have seen of his work so far,  he's very careful,
> > responsible
> > and concerned about making sure things work on all platforms
> > without too
> > much trouble.
> > 
> > To start off +1 from me.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Regina
> > PostGIS PSC Member
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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