Gold Star Quality Assurance Check
The GeoTools Module Matrix makes use of a gold star system, 3 stars or more is great, an X is used to indicate non working modules.
This test is something quick, accessible and visible to end users.
Module QA Test
Here is how a library (aka part of the GeoTools library API) may earn a star:
- Passes IP check documented in review.txt file, basically has correct headers
- Releasable - has no non blocking bugs in jira
- Quality Assurance - Test Case coverage
- Stability - based on stable / reviewed interfaces (gt-api or gt-opengis) representing collaboration or ISO/OGC specification
- Supported - user docs, module maintainer watches user list, answers email etc.. (example referencing)
Plugin QA Test
Here is how a plugin (aka hooks into the geotools library) may earn a star:
- Passes IP check, basically has correct headers
- Releasable - has no non blocking bugs in jira
- Used in anger - Used by GeoServer or uDig or Geomajas (ie some kind of large real world datasets)
- Optimised - has been tuned to meet hard performance requirements (example shapefile)
- Supported - user docs, module maintainer watches user list, answers email etc.. (example referencing)
Extension QA Test
Here is how a extension (aka build on top of the GeoTools library) may earn a star:
- Passes IP check, basically has correct headers
- Releasable - has no non blocking bugs in jira
- Quality Assurance - Test Case coverage
- Stability - based on appropriate interfaces or base classes
- Supported - user docs, module maintainer watches user list, answers email etc..