Gold Star Quality Assurance Check
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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
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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 reviewed GeoAPI interfaces or latest ISO/OGC spec (example referencing)
* Supported - user docs, module maintainer watches user list, answers email etc.. (example referencing)

Plugin QA Test
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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 on 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
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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..