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?
 * The deegree website is located at http://deegree.org/ -- Currently, there are no plans to transition to the OSGeo website infrastructure.


 * Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
 * No. A bug tracker is already established 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 and being used:


 * Announce: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-announce/
 * Users: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-users/
 * Developers: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-devel/


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


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

Community Functioning

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


 * A users mailing list (see above) is available and and working well for some years already.
 * An official wiki is available at http://wiki.deegree.org
 * Issue trackers are available at http://wald.intevation.org/tracker/?group_id=27
 * IRC channel (#deegree). Developers and users are mostly online during working hours, CET.


 * Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
 * Yes. Available are Java binary packages (JARs), source packages as well as pre-packaged and easy-to-install demo applications (WARs).


 * Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
 * Yes. The PSC decides about the major directions of the deegree project, the dates and content of major releases and who the project developers are.
 * Currently (2009-10-15), the members of the PSC are:
 * Herman Assink (IDgis)
 * 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.
 * There is a PSC tracker at http://wald.intevation.org/tracker/?atid=281&group_id=27&func=browse


 * Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
 * Yes. See http://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/StructuresAndProcedures


 * How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?
 * There are currently about 20 international active developers from multiple organizations. 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 available:
 * - English: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/flyer/project_brochure_pdfs/OSGeo_Brochures_deegree.pdf
 * - German: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/flyer/project_brochure_pdfs/de/OSGeo_Brochures_deegree_de.pdf


 * Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
 * The OSGeo logo has been 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, the report is available on the deegree Wiki.


 * Have issues raised in the provenance review been adequately addressed?
 * This is still work in progress. Some issues could be resolved already, others are still TBD. Detailed information is included in the above mentioned report.


 * Are Committer Responsibilities Guidelines covering legal issues in place?
 * A document has been set up be the PSC. It still needs final review and then has to be accepted by all committers.