IstSOS Incubation Status

Document Status

IncCom Document Number: X

Version: 0.1

Status: draft

Purpose

The project representative and mentor will use this template to inform the IncCom of the project status on a periodic basis. The state of the project, as reported using this template, will be the initial indication that a project is reaching graduation.

Template

General

Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?

No

Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?

Jeff McKenna (volunteer)

Infrastructure Transition

Note, for each of the following it isn't necessary to move to foundation infrastructure, but if you aren't a reason should be provided.

Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects web presence?

no

If not why, and has the project page got a prominent link to the real home?

project has not been accepted yet, if required we can set up a page redirecting to the project site which is based on the latest version of mediawiki. There is an established web presence actively maintained by project team

Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?

no

If not, why?

istSOS relies on sourceforge infrastructure.

Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?

no

If not, why?

istsos used google-code infrastructure and just moved to sourceforge. The usage of an osgeo dedicated mailing list is more then welcome.

Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?

no

If not, why?

sourceforge is used

Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?

no

If not, why?

not yet approved

Community Functioning

Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?

tba

indicate the available user support mechanisms, and whether they seem to be functioning well (are getting used and get answers).

tba

Are source and binary downloads for the package available?

tba

Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?

tba

Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.

tba

How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?

tba

Foundation Membership

Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?

tba

Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?

tba

Code Copyright Review

Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?

tba

Have issues raised in the provenance review been adequately addressed?

tba

Are Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines covering legal issues in place?

tba