GeoServer Improvement Proposals

This page lists the currently active GeoServer Improvement Proposals (GSIPs).

Proposals Under Discussion

The following proposals are currently being set up and/or voted on.

• GSIP 20 - Automated Regionating in KML MapProducer — Merge the code that does automated "regionating" (a Google-coined term for choosing to hide or show features based on zoom level)  in the GeoSearch community module back into the main KML map producer.
• GSIP 21 - KML Vector Transformer Refactoring — Clean up KMLVectorTransformer before it becomes more unmanageable than it already is.
• GSIP 24 - TIME-ELEVATION-BAND parameters parsing for WMS 1.1.1 WCS 1.X — The goal of this work is the introduction of initial capabilities to coherently parse TIME - ELEVATION - BAND parameters for WMS  1.1.1 and WCS 1.x modules.
• GSIP 27 - Pixel Tolerance on GetFeatureInfo — The default 2pixel tolerance, should be configurable on a per layer basis.
• GSIP 27 - Long freeze handling procedures — For every major release we have a long running freeze period that prevents every activity on the stable branch for a long period, making it harder development on the same branch. This needs to be addressed to allow small features and non critical bug fixes to be attended without un-nedeeded delays
• Integrating app-schema DataAccess — Update codebase to use  DataAccess api.  This API generalises the previous assumption that all features are a very limited subset of GML Simple Features Profile 0 (the simplest available official GML profile).
• GSIP 29- GeoSearch Index Exposure in GeoServer — Help GeoServer administrators get their data out to users by having GeoServer-hosted data show up on Google Maps search results.
• GSIP 30 - Roadmap Process — A proposal of a development process centered around a community managed road map.

Active Proposals

These proposals have been accepted, and now include a JIRA number to track their progress

• GSIP 15 - Contributor Agreements and Supporting Documentation — Creating Contributor Agreements and supporting documentation

Completed Proposals

These proposals have been completed, and have been made available in a public release.

• GSIP 1 - Project Steering Committee formation — The bootstrapping of the Project Steering Committee, to give it power in a formal motion
• GSIP 2 - Automated Code Formatting — Adding automated code formatting to the maven build so that code formatting is always done.
• GSIP 5 - Release process
• GSIP 6 - Track GeoTools Trunk — Move GeoServer trunk to geotools trunk
• GSIP 7 - OWS Dispatching System — Creating a dispatch system that can dynamically dispatch to an open web service.
• GSIP 8 - New Configuration System — Adding a new configuration subsystem that is easier to maintain and more effective then the one currently in place.
• GSIP 10 - WFS 1.1 Support — Porting wfs 1.1 implementation from ows4 branch to GeoServer trunk.
• GSIP 11 - Data configuration handling — Allowing developers to easily change data directory configurations without forcing people to download them.
• GSIP 13 - Logging — Improving GeoServer logging.
• GSIP 14 - WFS Transaction handling framework
• GSIP 16 - Security subsystem
• GSIP 19 - Per layer security — Allowing per layer security to complete the security offering started with service layer security
• GSIP 22 - Community Modules — A process for managing GeoServer extensions.
• GSIP 23 - Wicket UI — A new web administration tool based on the Apache Wicket framework.
• GSIP 25 - New Documentation Framework — Formalizing GeoServer documentation process and tools
• GSIP 26 - New GeoServer Branding — Proposal for new branding - primarily logo, font and color scheme
• GSIP 28 - Subversion Reorganization — Reorganizing the top level structure of branches in the svn repository.

Deferred and Rejected Proposals

The following proposals have not been accepted, either deffered to a later time based on planning, or rejected based on concerns mentioned during the submission process.

• GSIP 3 - Issues List Module
• GSIP 4 - Status Interface
• GSIP 9 - New Catalog — Replacing the existing GeoServer catalog with one which can provide more functionality and better scale.
• GSIP 12 - Mock Test Support — Provide base classes which make it trivial to develop unit tests based on a "mock" GeoServer setup.
• GSIP 17 - Community module handling
• GSIP 18 - Output Format Cleanup — A cleanup of the Output Format apis in GeoServer.