Deegree Incubation Status

General

 * Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
 * Yes, approved on May 2nd, 2008


 * Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?
 * Yes, Jody Garnett

Infrastructure Transition

 * Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects web presence?
 * Not exactly the URL above, but http://deegree.osgeo.org/deegree. Some technical advice is needed here. Do we need a rewrite or redirect?


 * Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
 * No. A bug tracker is already in use and can be accessed at http://wald.intevation.org/tracker/?atid=212&group_id=27&func=browse


 * Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
 * No. Mailing lists are already set up on sourceforge:

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-announce/ https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-users/ https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-devel/


 * Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
 * No. A SVN is already available at http://wald.intevation.org/projects/deegree/


 * Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
 * No. Downloads are available from http://www.deegree.org/ -> Download

Community Functioning

 * Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
 * indicate the available user support mechanisms, and whether they seem to be functioning well (are getting used and get answers).

Support mechanism are available in the form of a user mailing list and a wiki (https://wiki.deegree.org/). The users mailing list (see above) is functioning well for some years already.


 * Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
 * yes/no (and any caveats)

Yes. Available are packaged jars, source packages and also demo applications (easy to intall jar-Archives).


 * Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
 * yes/no, indicate members and whether it has effective control.

Yes, there is a PSC. The PSC decides about the major directions of the deegree project, the dates and content of major releases and who the project developers are.

The PSC consists to date of:

Jens Fitzke (lat/lon) Prof. Dr. Klaus Greve (Bonn University) Dr. Markus Lupp (lat/lon) Dr. Andreas Poth (lat/lon).

The PSC can be contacted via psc -- @ -- deegree.org.


 * Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
 * yes/no - provide pointers to various related documents.

A developer guide is available and there is a first stub describing the procedures we use so far is at: https://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/Procedures We see the OSGeo incubation process as a chance to develop a more formal organisation of the project.


 * How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?
 * Indicate number and some organizations involved.

There are 19 active developers from multiple organisations. They are listed at http://wald.intevation.org/project/memberlist.php?group_id=27

Foundation Membership

 * Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
 * A deegree project flyer based on the OSGeo project template is expected to be available by 2009-06-25. This first version will be German language only and be taken to the AGIT trade fair early July. deegree staff will be present at the OSGeo booth.


 * Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
 * The OSGeo logo was added to http://deegree.org which also explicitly mentions deegree's status as an OSGeo project in incubation.

Code Copyright Review

 * Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?
 * yes/no - point to review document.

Not yet.


 * Have issues raised in the provenance review been adequately addressed?
 * indicate outstanding issues.


 * Are Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines covering legal issues in place?
 * yes/no - point to the guidelines and indicate if it is adopted by PSC, and accepted by all commiters.

Not yet.