Marble Incubation Status

''The project representative and mentor uses this template to inform the IncCom of the project status on a periodic basis. The state of the project, as reported using this template, will be the initial indication that a project is reaching graduation.''

General

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


 * Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?
 * Yes, Arnulf Christl has been assigned as 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?
 * Yes. The project http://www.osgeo.org/marble has been populated with the OSGeo Live info sheet. The project has access to a well established environment and there is no need to migrate anything to OSGeo infrastructure.


 * Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
 * No. The project is happy using the KDE bug tracking infrastructure at https://bugs.kde.org/


 * Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
 * No, the project uses the KDE mailing list: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/marble-devel


 * Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
 * No, the project uses the KDE git repository: http://marble.kde.org/sources.php


 * Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
 * No, binaries and sources are available from the project page at: http://marble.kde.org/install.php

Community Functioning

 * Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
 * There is a developer mailing list (see above)
 * The user forum has a daily activity record: http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=217


 * Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
 * Yes


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


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


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

Foundation Membership

 * Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
 * In progress.


 * Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
 * Branding and link back to OSGeo has been added to the Marbke website footer at http://marble.kde.org/.

Code Copyright Review

 * Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?
 * Yes, starting point is here: Marble Code Provenance Review


 * 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.