1.6.0

Release Plan

Overview

This will be the official release of 1.6.0.

Issues

Planned Dates

10 May 2013: 1.6.0-beta1
17 May 2013: 1.6.0-rc1
24 May 2013: 1.6.0-rc2
31 May 2013: 1.6.0 final

Release Manager

Angelos Tzotsos will act as Release Manager.

Git Tags / Branches

the git tag name will be '1.6.0'
the git branch name will be '1.6'
the subsequent development version will be '1.7-dev'

GitHub Conventions

all tickets related to this release should be assigned to the '1.6.0' milestone

Release Packaging and Announcements

See Release-Packaging for instructions.

Release Email


Subject: pycsw 1.6.0 released

The pycsw team announces the release of pycsw 1.6.0.

The 1.6.0 release brings numerous features, enhancements and fixes to the codebase, including:

 * list of 
 * features and bug fixes

The full list of enhancements and bug fixes is available at https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/issues?milestone=7&state=closed

pycsw is an OGC CSW server implementation written in Python.

pycsw fully implements the OpenGIS Catalogue Service Implementation Specification [Catalogue Service for the Web]. Initial development started in 2010 (more formally announced in 2011). The project is certified OGC Compliant, and is an OGC Reference Implementation.

pycsw allows for the publishing and discovery of geospatial metadata. Existing repositories of geospatial metadata can also be exposed via OGC:CSW 2.0.2, providing a standards-based metadata and catalogue component of spatial data infrastructures.

pycsw is Open Source, released under an MIT license, and runs on all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X).

Source and binary downloads:
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The source code is available at:

http://pycsw.org/download.html

Testers and developers are welcome.

The pycsw developer team.

http://pycsw.org/