GvSIG Incubation Status

General
(Application request, please merge in)


 * Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
 * Approved at board meeting on September 7th 2007.


 * Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?
 * Jeroen Ticheler has been assigned as incubation mentor.

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?
 * Not, but it should be


 * Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
 * Not


 * Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
 * Not


 * Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
 * Not


 * Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
 * Not, but it should be, or at least a link to gvSIG downloads page.

gvSIG has a huge infrastructure with several Tracs, SVN repositories and so on. gvSIG provisional PSC considers at this moment that gvSIG infrastructure should be managed with project servers set up on the Polythecnic University of Valencia (Instituto Tecnológico de Informática) and in the Valencian Government.

Furthermore, we are now defining a new collaborative infrastructure (forge, main web site, etc.) so gvSIG at this moment doesn't need foundation infrastructure.

Community Functioning

 * Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
 * gvSIG has a contact area web page that refers mainly to three public lists: two Spanish spoken for users and developers and another International mailing list where English is preferred. Of course there are archives for all of lists.


 * Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
 * In the downloads area of gvSIG website you'll find any binary and source code released from 0.3 version up to current release.


 * Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
 * Not yet. gvSIG project has several committees but a official PSC is being defined. It will be formed by different individuals coming from several actors on gvSIG project: Valencian public government, universities and companies.


 * Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
 * Not yet.


 * How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?
 * At this moment are more or less 40 full employed developers from different companies and institutions as well as other 30 or 40 people not developing but documenting, testing and management related tasks.

Foundation Membership

 * Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
 * Yes, the current main web site reflects the OSGeo incubation, it has been reported on the mailing lists and several reports and OSGeo appears as Collaborator organization for the 3rd gvSIG Conference.


 * Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
 * Not yet, as we are going to build a new website, we will try to expose OSGeo collaboration as much as possible.

Code Copyright Review

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


 * 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.