MapServer incubation status

Basics

 * Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
 * Yes, selected for "founding project" incubation by the OSGeo board.


 * Has an Incubation committee member been assigned as Mentor?
 * Yes, Chris Holmes has been assigned as MapServer incubation mentor.

Infrastructure Transition

 * Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects web presence?
 * Yes, to a point. There is a basic page that points to our primary, plone-based, website.


 * Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
 * Yes, we migrated to the OSGeo TRAC instance in late April 2007.


 * Bug tracking repository moved?
 * Yes.


 * Is the OSGeo mailing list manager being used for the project?
 * Yes, mailing lists including history have been migrated


 * http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
 * http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev
 * http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-announce


 * Is the OSGeo SVN or CVS system being used for the project?
 * Yes, we migrated from CVS to the OSGeo SVN instance in early May 2007.


 * Are binary and source downloads available from the OSGeo download area?
 * Yes, source downloads (nightly and official releases) were moved to OSGeo in early May 2007.

Community Functioning

 * Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
 * The mapserver-users mailing list is quite active and well posed questions often result in more than one helpful response.


 * Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
 * Yes, visit http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/


 * Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
 * Yes, the RFC transitioning our technical steering committee (TSC) to the PSC passed in April 2007. PSC membership is now complete.


 * Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
 * Yes, see RFC's (for PSC, and committer rules at least). May need to review committer rules in light of tighter OSGeo policy.


 * How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?
 * Yes, approximately 15 committers are established from 10 or more organizations. See detailed list (updated 7/8/2008).

Foundation Membership

 * Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
 * Yes, the MapServer homepage indicates that the project is an OSGeo project. There are links to the OSGeo homepage and MapServer incubation documentation under community portion of the website.


 * Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
 * No, not yet. It feels like that should wait until graduation. At that point a OSGeo logo will be featured prominently on the MapServer home page.

Code Copyright Review

 * Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?
 * Yes, a contributors list has been developed. A shared spreadsheet is being used to track provenance for MapServer proper and MapScript. A provenance task list is part of that work and is being used to track any issues uncovered.


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