GeoServer Code Sprint 2016

Purpose

The GeoServer web administration console is built on top of the Wicket 1.4.x series, which is pretty old and unmaintaned. The purpose of the sprint is to update it to Wicket 7.x, the current stable version.

Due to the large distance between the two releases and the number of backwards incompatible changes accumulated by Wicket in the years this will require the concerted effort of a handful of developers over a few days, including the changes to upgrade the code, and the thorough hand testing of the resulting modified interface.

Day	Schedule
Monday	change wicket Dependency wicket 7 bootcamp / migration guide migrate to wicket 7
Tuesday	migrate to wicket 7 manual testing: workspace configuration screens manual testing: datastore configuration screens
Wednesday	manual testing: layer configuration screens manual testing: global configuration screens manual testing: service configuration screens
Thursday	manual testing: tile cache configuration screens manual testing: security configuration screens manual testing: demos
Friday	manual testing: demos manual testing: extensions manual testing: select community modules

In scope:

• Use of Java 8 syntax to reduce wicket boiler plate code
• After each screen has passed manual testing Mike Pumphrey will be on hand for documentation and screen snaps

Out of scope:

• Changing the codebase to use a different library (the effort would be at least an order of magnitude bigger)
• Improve the behavior of the current UI (we can make improvements at the end, once everything works, if time remains)

Organizers

• Jody Garnett - Boundless
• Andrea Aime - GeoSolutions

Venue and dates

The code sprint will be held in Victoria BC to minimize travel costs. Boundless has offered to provide a venue (either the Boundless Victoria offices or a local technology centre).

The date is tentatively set for the week of January 18th.

This date is selected towards of the GeoServer 2.9 release cycle prior to the code freeze in February, keeping resource availability in mind.

Accommodation and costs

Participants should plan the travel, accommodation and meals. We hope to raise enough financial support to cover overseas travel, and possibly meals.

Sponsorship

We have set-up the sprint to minimize travel and accommodation costs, and are looking for sponsors primarily to cover residual travel costs.

Gold	$1000
Silver	$500
Bronze	$250
Beer	In-kind contributions are graciously accepted

We are reaching out to organizations to see if there is interest in sponsorship:

• International organizations (OSGeo, Boundless, GeoSolutions);
• Local organizations (BC Government, Refractions, Vivid Solutions)

If there is a lot of local sponsorship we expect to drag the developers away from the task at hand and meet the local community (at a social evening or similar).

Participation

Participants Attending Victoria Code-Sprint

#	Participant	Country	Arrival	Departure	Accommodation	Notes
1	Andrea Aime	Italy	-	-	TBD	-
2	Jody Garnett	Local	-	-	Home	limited experience with wicket.
3	Kevin Smith	Local	-	-	Home	-
4	Torben Barsballe	Local	-	-	Home	Some experienced with Javascript and wicket.
5	Justin Deoliveira	Canada	-	-	TBD	-
6	Elizabeth Thiry	USA	-	-	TBD	UX background, focused on testing.
7	Mike Pumphrey	USA	-	-	TBD	GeoServer documentation maintainer performing final checks & screenshots.
8	Devon Tucker	Local	-	-	Home	Some experienced with JavaScript and wicket.

• TBD: Depending on sponsorship level guests to Victoria will be hosted at or billeted with local community.

If you cannot attend in person you may still be in position to update screens or assist with testing a nightly build overnight. Close collaboration for manual testing will require use of IRC/Skype/Hangout as appropriate for the parties involved.

Participants helping out Remotely

#	Participant	Country	Communication	Notes
1	Ian Turton	UK	Hangout	Hapless volunteer

OSGeo Funding Request

The following information is requested by OSGeo Board Code_Sprint_Guidelines:

Basic Information

• Audience: 10 people are expected
• Region: Victoria, British Columbia
• Projects: GeoServer
• Length: 5 days
• Venue: Boundless has generously offered their Victoria office for the activity, and offered to rent a local shared office space if necessitated by the number of attendees.

Expected budget

Costs:

• Attendee Registration: n/a
• Venue: $1250 (at http://forttectoria.ca)
• In-kind: Above Venue

Travel costs:

• Cost per attendee (Local): $0
• Cost per attendee (Italy): $1400 CAD (airfare)
• Cost per attendee (DC): $900 CAD (airfare)
• Cost per attendee (STL): $850 CAD (airfare)
• Cost per attendee (Calgary, Canada): $400 CAD (airfare)
• Cost per attendee (Rosario, Argentina): $3200 CAD (airfare)

Sponsorship:

• Third party sponsorship:
• OSGeo sponsorship: $3000 towards travel costs

We would like to briefly acknowledge the difficulty of recording in-kind contributions of resources and staff given the OSGeo template. The bulk of the cost associated with code-sprint participation is reflected in staff availability, often far outstripping airfare and accommodation costs.

• Boundless: 5-8 people
• GeoSolutions: 2-3 people

Financials

This event is planned to incur a loss, given the short lead up time.

If any profit is amassed from sponsorship it will be returned to the OSGeo foundation.