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     1[wiki:ProjectSteeringCommittee Project Steering Committee - Home]
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     3== Meeting Info ==
     4
     5The third meeting of the FDO PSC will take place on 10-24-2007.
     6
     7 Meeting Chair:  Greg Boone
     8
     9 Universal Time:  http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2007&month=10&day=24&hour=17&min=0&sec=0
     10
     11 Location:  The meeting will be held on IRC at [irc://irc.freenode.net/fdo #fdo]
     12
     13== Agenda ==
     14 * Incubation Status
     15 * Review contributor agreement status
     16 * Updated Source Code [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FDO_Provenance_Review Provenance Review]
     17 * Proposed release schedule for FDO 3.3.0 (see [http://fdo.osgeo.org/roadMap.html  FDO Road Map])
     18 * RFCs
     19        * RFC XX - WMS !FormatType -- TDB
     20 * Thirdparty Source Code Updates
     21        * GDAL/OGR 1.4.3
     22 * Adoption of New FDO Providers
     23        * FDO provider for NEN1878
     24
     25== Transcript ==
     26
     27
     28{{{
     29        -->|    orest (n=chatzill@12.160.193.229) has joined #fdo
     30        <gregb> Hi Orest
     31        -->|    rbray (n=chatzill@adeskout.autodesk.com) has joined #fdo
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     33        <gregb> Hi Bob
     34        <rbray> Hey Greg
     35        <gregb> So, I see Orest and Bob, who else is online?
     36        <mloskot>       Hi all
     37        <gregb> Hi Mateusz
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     40        * mloskot       is calling Frank
     41        <mloskot>       ah, cool
     42        -->|    jasonbirch (n=jasonbir@osgeo/member/jasonbirch) has joined #fdo
     43        * danmo here
     44        * FrankW        multiplexes between foss4g and fdo meeting. :-)
     45        -->|    HarisK (n=chatzill@84-255-254-95.static.dsl.t-2.net) has joined #fdo
     46        <HarisK>        Hi
     47        <gregb> Orest is asking if his posts can be seen....
     48        <orest> Hi.
     49        <orest> Hi Greg.
     50        <gregb> There we are
     51        <RobertF>       Hi
     52        <gregb> I think the entire PSC is here, shall we begin?
     53        <orest> Sure.
     54        <jasonbirch>    Howdy
     55        <gregb> The first topic should be incubation
     56        <mloskot>       yup
     57        <gregb> I have received a new contributor agreement from Bon
     58        <gregb> Bob
     59        <gregb> I am reviewing it and will post to the internals alias shortly
     60        <gregb> We then will need to ensure that all appropriate parties have signed
     61        <rbray> Greg, we need to review that and motion to adopt them.
     62        <gregb> Agreed
     63        <gregb> I will make that motion once all parties have had a chance to review
     64        <mloskot>       Perhaps, i've lost the subject, but I've not signed FDO or OSGeo Foundation contributor agreement
     65        <mloskot>       that's listed here
     66        <mloskot>       http://fdo.osgeo.org/developer.html
     67        <gregb> Once the new agreement is adopted, you will be expected to sign
     68        <gregb> That link is out of date
     69        <mloskot>       understood
     70        <gregb> The second issue for incubation is the provenace review
     71        <gregb> I have updated the online document
     72        <gregb> We have some outstanding issues surrounding raster test data
     73        <gregb> I am unsure how to proceed on those files
     74        <FrankW>        I am willing to "speak on behalf of" a bunch of the files.
     75        <FrankW>        For others, it might be sufficient for an ADSK rep to state they believe they have rights to use and redistribute them even if detailed history is unclear.
     76        <FrankW>        And we should make it clear that detailed licenses are not clear for the files, though we believe we have rights to redistribute.
     77        <gregb> That may also prove difficult
     78        <gregb> The sources of some files have become lost
     79        <FrankW>        What we aren't willing to "speak for" we should remove and re-engineer the tests to use other similarly organized data.
     80        <gregb> Agreed
     81        <FrankW>        Was ADSK careful that it had rights to use and distribute it's internal test data?
     82        <gregb> I would state that there is some possibility that some files were not validated
     83        <FrankW>        I will update the prov. review with regard to files I'm comfortable with speaking on behalf of.
     84        <gregb> Great
     85        <gregb> I have updated the incubation status page as well as the coding standards reference
     86        <FrankW>        And I'm willing to do some engineering to replace some other test files with safe to distribute ones that achieve the same unittest functionality.
     87        <FrankW>        though there may be limits. :-)
     88        |<--    rbray has left irc.freenode.net (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer))
     89        <gregb> We need to revisit the incubation page once the raster image history is addressed
     90        <FrankW>        Are the non-raster data files all sanctionable?
     91        <gregb> I believe so, but the SHP data also should be re-checked
     92        <gregb> Just to be sure
     93        <RobertF>       Didn't we check on that before submitting to OS?
     94        <gregb> Yes, but a secondary check wouldn't be a bad idea
     95        <gregb> We dumped a lot of data into SVN in a hurry
     96        <gregb> Until we get a handle on the testdata, we should not distribute the testdata tar files
     97        <RobertF>       That was not my understanding and it needs to be corrected.
     98        <gregb> Agreed. I will take care of re-checking the SHP data
     99        <FrankW>        gregb: I don't think we need to strip stuff out in advance of review and remediation.
     100        <FrankW>        Though I may not be as risk adverse as ADSK. :-)
     101        <gregb> Agreed. but the testdata is released as a separate tar file now
     102        <FrankW>        Ah, I didn't realize that.
     103        <jasonbirch>    Which is a good change...
     104        <gregb> Wwe can delay the release until we are comfortable
     105        <jasonbirch>    Yeah, most people don't run the tests anyway ;)
     106        <mloskot>       lol
     107        <gregb> (Actually, it is a number of tar files, one for each provider)
     108        <gregb> :-)
     109        <gregb> Can we discuss the FDO readmap?
     110        <gregb> roadmap
     111        <mloskot>       +1
     112        <gregb> The fdo.osgeo.org site has been updated to contain the details of the 3.3.0 release schedule
     113        <orest> Yes, saw that.
     114        <gregb> With dates for an alpha, beta, candidate, etc
     115        <mloskot>       http://fdo.osgeo.org/roadMap.html
     116        <RobertF>       This was just a proposal.
     117        <gregb> What is the impression of the PSC?
     118        <mloskot>       I have to confess, I like the idea about Beta in Dec :-)
     119        <RobertF>       There is also the request to have a 3.3.0 in october and 3.3.1 in February for MGOS.
     120        <gregb> Agreed
     121        <FrankW>        looks ok to me.
     122        <jasonbirch>    Heh, so MapGuide is going to release with a pre-alpha version of FDO...
     123        <mloskot>       gregb: my impression is "it works for me" and "gives a chance to bring updated PostGIS provider with 3.3.0"
     124        <gregb> They will put out their beta with our alpha
     125        <RobertF>       That's the problem for MGOS. They can't release on Beta and they are targetting 3.3 branch.
     126        <RobertF>       Has this been agreed with MG team?
     127        <mloskot>       Perhaps I don't understand the connection between MGOS and FDO well, but MG is a client so it should follow the roadmap of FDO, but not the other way. Am I correct?
     128        <mloskot>       I just would like to be explained.
     129        <jasonbirch>    MapGuide can choose to release with FDO trunk or alpha if it wants.
     130        <FrankW>        It is an important client that had best support well.
     131        <jasonbirch>    I have a feeling that Tom wouldn't be happy with it though.
     132        <jasonbirch>    Given his stance on GEOS3
     133        <jasonbirch>    I think the timing on the betas and rcs is a bit wide...
     134        <gregb> Well, I do not believe that the release schedule for FDO can be advanced beyond the postyed dates
     135        <jasonbirch>    Is this because of additional functionality?
     136        <jasonbirch>    Or because of internal ADSK QA schedules?
     137        <orest> What's the current date for MG beta?
     138        <jasonbirch>    A week ago :)
     139        <orest> I missed it!
     140        <RobertF>       They shipped on S013 build which we didn;t post yet.
     141        <jasonbirch>    didn't happen :)
     142        <gregb> I am not in favour of releasing FDO without a beta
     143        <RobertF>       I agree.
     144        <gregb> and we need to leave time between the beta and candidates for testing, etc
     145        <orest> Agree.
     146        <jasonbirch>    Me neither
     147        <mloskot>       MG 2.0 is planned to Nov 30
     148        <mloskot>       as I see.
     149        <gregb> That is very tight for us.
     150        <jasonbirch>    I don't think the roadmap is accurate mloskot
     151        <mloskot>       jasonbirch: ok
     152        <jasonbirch>    Too bad Bob left...
     153        <jasonbirch>    The MapGuide timing is 2 weeks between betas and RCs generally...
     154        <gregb> He lost his connection
     155        <jasonbirch>    Snowstorm probably ;)
     156        <mloskot>       Folks, perhaps we can collect comments/votes for the roadmap as a preliminary voting and if we like it, we can discuss it with MG team
     157        <mloskot>       apply changes
     158        <mloskot>       re-vote
     159        <HarisK>        I think once was already mentioned relationship between FDO version and provider's version's
     160        <gregb> At this point it is November, to advance the cycle, we would need to skip the alpha
     161        <jasonbirch>    http://mapguide.osgeo.org/releaseprocess.html
     162        <gregb> And possibly one of the cadidates
     163        <HarisK>        Am I right if I am looking at it that provider's has it's own development rate
     164        <mloskot>       gregb: my question is, does it (one month advance) change anything ?
     165        <mloskot>       stable release is planned to march 2008
     166        <mloskot>       if MG stable is planned earlier, I don't think skipping changes anything here
     167        <gregb> It is a matter of testing
     168        <jasonbirch>    Yes...
     169        <mloskot>       ok
     170        <FrankW>        HarisK: I think a provider could have some of it's own releases within a given FDO stable version framework. Is that your point?
     171        <HarisK>        yes and also supporting different version's of FDO spec
     172        <mloskot>       huh, challenging
     173        <FrankW>        HarisK: I'm ok with a "trunk" provider retaining compilability under older versions of FDO.
     174        <gregb> Ok, so is there any proposal to change the posted schedule?
     175        <jasonbirch>    It would be nice if MG and FDO weren't on the same development-push cycle, but I don't see that happening soon.
     176        <RobertF>       This was suggested before but it does require lot of time to maintain multiple branch.
     177        <gregb> If not, we can vote to adopt and bring it to the MapGuide team for discussion
     178        <jasonbirch>    Somehow we need to figure out what FDO needs to do. I can't speak to test cycles, but would cutting the time between iterations to 2-3 weeks help?
     179        <mloskot>       gregb: +1
     180        <gregb> 2 weeks is not much time.
     181        <gregb> 3 maybe ok
     182        <mloskot>       I agree with gregb
     183        <jasonbirch>    Either case, I don't think it helps MapGuide. This version of OS is likely to ship with an untested version of FDO...
     184        <jasonbirch>    Either that or be delayed.
     185        <gregb> Agreed
     186        <HarisK>        are there any breaking changes in 3.3 ?
     187        <gregb> There is one known issue with WMS
     188        <mloskot>       new GDAL
     189        <jasonbirch>    New GDAL breaks stuff?
     190        <mloskot>       and new providers
     191        <gregb> I have emailed the internals group with detailes on RFC 10
     192        <HarisK>        but no new FDO spec ?
     193        <FrankW>        new gdal should not break stuff.
     194        <mloskot>       jasonbirch: no
     195        <gregb> New providers are ok
     196        <HarisK>        I don't see new providers as new version's of FDO
     197        <jasonbirch>    No, me neither...
     198        <FrankW>        HarisK: by breaking do you mean api changes of any kind or just changes that would break old code?
     199        <FrankW>        I think most api adjustments have not had serious backward compatability issues.
     200        <HarisK>        I mean if like api changes which will not allow older providers to run
     201        <HarisK>        yes, ok
     202        <gregb> A recompilation of the providers will be required for use with 3.3.0
     203        <gregb> If I understand correctly
     204        <gregb> To move the meeting along, is there agreement on the schedule?
     205        <FrankW>        I'm ok with it.
     206        <jasonbirch>    Sure. As long as you are convinced that advancing the schedule would add unacceptable risk, then I'm OK iwth it.
     207        <gregb> Robert? Can you comment?
     208        <HarisK>        I was also thinking that we can do it quicker if neede for MG
     209        <mloskot>       I'm OK too
     210        <HarisK>        Changes in 3.3 as far as I know are not big, mostly addition's which will not change existing providers
     211        <mloskot>       HarisK: so you mean it should be safe for MG to use pre-release version of FDO in their release, do I understand it correctly?
     212        <HarisK>        No, I thaught that we could perhaps speed up regarding 3.3
     213        <orest> But any place where MG uses new additions would require enough time for testing.
     214        <jasonbirch>    Only if it's accepted that there will be a 3.3.1 for March I think...
     215        <mloskot>       HarisK: I see
     216        <HarisK>        if some specific provider need more time later than he can be released again
     217        <gregb> I am warry stating that anything is safe, without some time for testing
     218        <gregb> The risk is there
     219        <gregb> We could do a release candidate in December
     220        <gregb> If that goes well, release 3.3.0 in January
     221        <mloskot>       so, generally, you mean we're flexible but what we are supposed to agree with now?
     222        <RobertF>       There will be changed after January - they will go in 3.3.1?
     223        <mloskot>       The current written roadmap or this new changes?
     224        <gregb> RobertF: Yes
     225        <mloskot>       I see
     226        <jasonbirch>    Point releases generally shouldn't include new features, I think...
     227        <jasonbirch>    Large changes?
     228        <RobertF>       Then we probably need a 3.3.1 somewhere by March.
     229        <jasonbirch>    Additions? API changes? Bug fixes?
     230        <mloskot>       I think bug fixes and eventually some updates in providers only
     231        <gregb> There should ne no API changes in a point release
     232        <RobertF>       Bug fixes only.
     233        <jasonbirch>    Works for me...
     234        <orest> That's the way I understand it too - bug fixes only
     235        <orest> But, is it the release date that is the issue? I thought it was mostly beta date that was the issue?
     236        <FrankW>        Note, we have made API compatible feature improvements within providers in point releases in the past. Not sure if we will keep doing this or not.
     237        <mloskot>       I agree, but if we are changing the roadmap by skipping some milestones, then
     238        <mloskot>       perhaps we could leave some backdoors to let updates in providers
     239        <mloskot>       exceptionally for this roadmap
     240        <jasonbirch>    I don't think that we should constrain providers to not change at all in point releases. Non-API changes should be OK.
     241        <mloskot>       +1
     242        <gregb> Agreed
     243        <jasonbirch>    But major features should be avoided too, because testing requirements would skyrocket :)
     244        <mloskot>       Agreed
     245        <orest> Right, improvements to existing functionality is ok, but not new functionality / capability.
     246        <gregb> Agreed
     247        <mloskot>       Summarizing:
     248        <mloskot>       - no provider's API change
     249        <mloskot>       - no new features
     250        <mloskot>       EOF
     251        <jasonbirch>    So. What's changing in the release cycle then?
     252        <gregb> The proposal is a release in January
     253        <gregb> With a candidate in December
     254        <jasonbirch>    Beta in November then?
     255        <gregb> Yes. Alpha may be possible if we go out with it this week
     256        <jasonbirch>    Any chance of getting GDAL 1.4 into that?
     257        <orest> It's kind of loose to say November / December, etc. Don't we need to pin down calendar day or week?
     258        <jasonbirch>    I mean 1.4.3? Does it exist yet?
     259        <gregb> 1.4 is in the alpha. But not 1.4.3
     260        <FrankW>        1.4.3 does not exist yet, but one hopes it will within a few days.
     261        <gregb> We can assign firm dates to the releases
     262        <gregb> We probably can do that offline (fdo-internals)
     263        <jasonbirch>    I think that as long as we have general agreement, it's OK for Greg to come up with the firm dates?
     264        <gregb> I can do that
     265        <gregb> I will work on getting the current build posted as an aplha as well
     266        <jasonbirch>    Unless Haris has something major going on with FDO that he wants to fit in? I don't think that either mloskot or FrankW do right now?
     267        <HarisK>        no
     268        <FrankW>        neither I.
     269        <mloskot>       neither I
     270        <gregb> I motion that we adopt the proposal to release 3.3.0 in January, with a candidate in December, and a beta in December
     271        <gregb> beta in November
     272        <jasonbirch>    Seconded and +1
     273        <mloskot>       +1
     274        <HarisK>        +1
     275        <FrankW>        +1
     276        <orest> +1
     277        <gregb> The motion is carried
     278        <gregb> I will come up with the dates and send them out
     279        <mloskot>       gregb: thanks!
     280        <gregb> Do we have time to discuss new providers?
     281        <jasonbirch>    I've got another 15 minutes :)
     282        <orest> I have time.
     283        <FrankW>        I have time.
     284        <HarisK>        me too
     285        <gregb> There has been some interest on a provider for NEN1878
     286        <mloskot>       I have time
     287        <gregb> We are waiting for some more information.
     288        <gregb> Is there anything we need to do here?
     289        <FrankW>        Is there a committer willing to do evaluation of the NEN1878 provider?
     290        <gregb> I have volunteered to provide guidance, but a review may need more attention
     291        <HarisK>        I can do it
     292        <HarisK>        I understand they already have a working verison of it
     293        <gregb> We should touch base with them again to encourage movement on the RFC
     294        <orest> Do we have a detailed list of capabilities yet?
     295        <gregb> No
     296        <HarisK>        I saw just one email explaining what it is
     297        <FrankW>        I'm pleased to leave this to gregb and HarisK. If the provider looks good we can hopefully bring in the developer as a committer.
     298        <HarisK>        Cadastral data exchange file
     299        <gregb> Agreed
     300        <HarisK>        ok
     301        <mloskot>       Agreed
     302        <gregb> Are there other providers in development that we know about?
     303        <HarisK>        or not know :)
     304        <gregb> lol
     305        <FrankW>        Are folks at 1spatial working on provider(s)
     306        <orest> I will be sending out a discussion soon on work we're starting on SQL Server 2008, which will have native spatial data types.
     307        <FrankW>        (that was supposed to be a question)
     308        <jasonbirch>    orest: will that be proprietary?
     309        <orest> No.
     310        <jasonbirch>    Oh, cool...
     311        <orest> At least until the API from Microsoft becomes public.
     312        <gregb> FrankW: I am not aware of any effort from 1Spatial. I will touch base with Peter R to verify
     313        <HarisK>        I know they are using King.Oracle
     314        <gregb> Concerning King.Oracle, we will need the copyrights adjusted for incubation to pass
     315        <jasonbirch>    ? what are they now?
     316        <HarisK>        Can we discuss little bit on posted Future stuff?
     317        <gregb> josonbirch: they are missing at this time
     318        <orest> FYI: Bob cut out due to losing their internet connection. Unfortunately, now he is in another meeting.
     319        <jasonbirch>    Oh, that might be a problem :)
     320        <gregb> We can discuss futures
     321        <gregb> Where do you wish to start?
     322        <HarisK>        FDO Client Utilities
     323        <HarisK>        that name doesn't sound right to me
     324        <gregb> Orest has published a working paper
     325        <jasonbirch>    Got to go... thanks!
     326        <gregb> A starter document
     327        |<--    jasonbirch has left irc.freenode.net ("ChatZilla 0.9.78.1 [Firefox 2.0.0.8/2007100816]")
     328        <HarisK>        yes I haven't invested enough time into it
     329        <gregb> Orest, do you plan to update that doc?
     330        <RobertF>       I think we should allow more time before we discuss futures.
     331        <orest> The idea is to start with some high level options and let folks add to it.
     332        * FrankW        things futures is a bit much for this meeting too.
     333        <orest> I was going to wait for others to comment before adding more to it right now.
     334        <HarisK>        yes ok, I redraw topic
     335        <HarisK>        I will pst on mailling list
     336        * mloskot       's futures include postgis provider improvements and completing unit tests
     337        <FrankW>        HarisK: sounds good!
     338        <gregb> ok
     339        <gregb> Are there other topics for today's meeting?
     340        <FrankW>        WMS provider issue?
     341        <gregb> Yes
     342        <gregb> I posted a note to internals describing the issue
     343        <gregb> Is there any feedback?
     344        <FrankW>        I'm ok with the proposed solution.
     345        <gregb> Orest?
     346        <gregb> Any other comments?
     347        <orest> I'm ok with it.
     348        <mloskot>       I'm ok too
     349        <gregb> If not, I motion that RFC 10 be updated as proposed.
     350        <gregb> And implemented as stated
     351        <orest> Did anyone double check that the current version of the WMS provider will in fact skip over that new element?
     352        <gregb> No. I believe that has not been validated
     353        <gregb> I do not see a problem, but testing is required.
     354        <orest> I wouldn't mind getting it validated just to be sure.
     355        <gregb> Ok. Let's postpone the vote until that time
     356        <FrankW>        ok
     357        <gregb> We can do it on fdo-internals
     358        <mloskot>       ok
     359        <FrankW>        ok
     360        <gregb> Are there any other topics for discussion?
     361        <mloskot>       we've cleaned the meeting agenda
     362        <mloskot>       I don't have any other topics myself.
     363        <gregb> If not, I propose we djourn
     364        <FrankW>        +1
     365        <gregb> +1
     366        <mloskot>       +1
     367        <orest> +1
     368        <RobertF>       Since I can't vote...see you next time.
     369        <gregb> Thanks everyone. I will ensure we do these more regularly
     370        <HarisK>        Greg +1, good job
     371        <mloskot>       Thanks Greg!
     372        <HarisK>        thanks
     373        <HarisK>        bye
     374        <orest> Good meeting. Thanks everyone!
     375        <gregb> You are welcome. Bye
     376        <orest> Bye.
     377}}}