Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress

Basics

 * Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
 * Yes.


 * Has an OSGeo committee member been assigned as Mentor?
 * Daniel Brookshier has been designated incubation mentor for Community MapBuilder.

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?
 * If not why, and has the project page got a prominent link to the real home?
 * http://communitymapbuilder.osgeo.org has been set up, but not populated.
 * Comments from Cameron Shorter: Currently I reluctant to move our services to colabnet. Migrating to Colabnet would involve a medium amount of effort and would loose some information like bugs from the bug tracker.
 * Should we leave OSGeo in the future, or OSGeo decides to stop using Collabnet, we would be faced with a similar exit cost because there is not a free version of Colabnet for Open Source projects.
 * I would prefer to keep all project tools on one server rather than many. Currently codehaus.org is providing our tools.
 * Q for Mapbuilder: Any comments to add here? Provide feedback to the mapbuilder-devel list.
 * Why not just point the domain at the existing MapBuilder site? -- SchuylerErle


 * Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
 * No. See justification above.


 * Is the OSGeo mailing list manager being used for the project?
 * No. Lists are stored on Sourceforge which has a slightly better interface - (Web subscribe interface, threads in the archieve).  We could move our lists in future if archieves can be moved as well.  But as yet, I don't see a need to move to an inferior tool.


 * Is the OSGeo SVN or CVS system being used for the project?
 * No. See justification above.


 * Are binary and source downloads available from the OSGeo download area?
 * Not yet, but we can do this if needed.

Community Functioning

 * Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
 * Yes, we have a busy list with lots of answers to user queries.
 * http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=mapbuilder-devel
 * http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=mapbuilder-users


 * Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
 * Yes. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=35246


 * Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
 * Yes. Project Steering Committee has been in effect since the start of the project.  It currently consists of:


 * Cameron Shorter
 * Mike Adair
 * Patrice Cappelaere
 * Steven Ottens


 * Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
 * Documentation in this area is a bit weak. This is what I could find:

http://communitymapbuilder.org/display/MAP/Contributers+Guide
 * Action on Mapbuilder: We need to be more specific about project decision making.


 * How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?
 * 4 Core developers (the PSC) and around 10 to 15 other developers.
 * All the PSC work for different organisations and live in different countries. Similarly, the developers and users all come from different organisations and geographic locations.

Foundation Membership

 * Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
 * Not yet.
 * Question for OSGeo: What are you looking for here?


 * Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
 * Not yet. We will wait for an OSGeo web style to be established before using this style.

Code Copyright Review

 * Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?
 * No. Action on Mapbuilder.


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