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IslandWood Code Sprint 2012

2011-09-24T00:35:39Z

Wiki-Chodgson: /* Participants */

= Purpose =

This is OSGeo's 4th annual "North American Codesprint" -- a time to bring members of OSGeo-related projects together to make decisions and tackle larger problems.

Previous event have been held in [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009), [[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and [[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011).

= Timing =

February 5-9, 2012.<br>

The event will be begin on Feb 5th (Sunday night arrival), span three full days of sprinting, and end after lunch on the 9th (Thursday).<br>

= Venue =

It will be held at [http://www.islandwood.org/ IslandWood], a nonprofit retreat center located on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Island,_Washington Bainbridge Island], an island a few miles west of Seattle in the northwest United States.

= Hosts =

Rushing in where angels fear to tread, Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) is taking the lead on this event. [http://www.cugos.org/ CUGOS], the local OSGeo chapter, is the hosting organization.

Local volunteers assisting include:
*Michael Rosen (LizardTech / CUGOS)
*Aaron Racicot (Z-Pulley Inc / CUGOS)
*''<add your name here!>''

= Sponsors =

The Montreal sprint had ten $750 sponsors. We expect to have a similar number this year.

If you think you know of a possible sponsor, or if you are a possible sponsor, contact Michael P. Gerlek (mpg@flaxen.com).

= Budget =

Details to come, but expected costs include:

*facilities rental (conference rooms, etc)
*lodging (on-campus rooms)
*meals

We expect to cover costs in three ways:

*sponsorships
*participant registration fees
*surplus from previous years (approximately $2K)

= Participant Costs =

Participants will be responsible for paying their own transportation to and from IslandWood. In addition, participants will be expected to cover only the costs of 4 nights lodging (single room at IslandWood): US$525. (Note that food costs and venue costs are covered by the sponsorts, and there is no registration fee beyond the $525 for lodging.)

Contact mpg@flaxen.com to register.

= Food =

IslandWood has an excellent on-site restaurant/cafeteria that emphasizes local, sustainable, and organic cuisine.

*Breakfast: continental style
*Lunch: boxed lunches
*Dinner: full meal, choice of entrees, beer/wine available
*Snacks: coffee, fruit, cookies, etc, will be provided in the meeting room

Accomodation can be made for any dietary restrictions.

= Communication =

All planning will take place on this wiki, on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint tosprint mailing list], and on the #tosprint IRC channel.

= Projects =

These are the projects will be working on:

*GDAL
*MapServer
*libLAS/PDAL
*PostGIS
*TinyOWS
*''<add your project here!>''

= Participants =

If you want to come, please add your name (and project(s)) here and indicate either "I'm interested, but won't know for sure until closer to the time" or "I'll definitely be there, and would be willing to pay the registration fee in advance"

*Michael P. Gerlek (Flaxen Geo) -- libLAS/PDAL -- definite
*Michael D. Smith (US Army Corps) -- libLAS/PDAL/MapServer/GDAL -- definite/can pay in advance
*Frank Warmerdam (Google) -- tentative
*Daniel Morissette (Mapgears) -- MapServer, GDAL/OGR -- definite
*Craig Miller (SpatialMinds) -- MapGuideOS (possibly), QGIS (possibly) -- 98% -- Have some things to work out. May add another project to the list in upcoming months.
*Paul Ramsey (OpenGeo) -- PostGIS -- definite/can pay in advance
*[[User:Jmckenna|Jeff McKenna]] (GatewayGeomatics) -- MapServer -- tentative
*Olivier Courtin (Oslandia) -- TinyOWS, PostGIS -- definite/can pay in advance
*Howard Butler (Hobu, Inc.) -- libLAS/PDAL -- definite/can pay in advance
*[[User:Racicot|Aaron Racicot]] (Z-Pulley Inc.) -- QGIS, Mapserver -- definite/can pay in advance
*[[User:springmeyer|Dane Springmeyer]] (Development Seed) -- Mapnik, TileMill -- definite/can pay in advance
*Michael Rosen (Lizardtech) -- gdal/pdal -- definite/can pay in advance
*[[User:EliL|Eli Adam]] -- GeoMoose -- Interested, dependent on availability of other GeoMoose members
*[[User:chodgson|Chris Hodgson]] (Refractions) -- PostGIS -- tentative

Note that once registration is open, it will be **first come, first served**. Space is limited, so those who pay first will be at the front of the line.

= Agenda =

Still tentative, something like this:

'''Sunday'''

*''arrival throughout the day''
*perhaps dinner provided

'''Monday'''

*continental breakfast
*sprint all morning
*boxed lunch
*sprint all afternoon
*group sit-down dinner
*evening open/social time at the lodges

'''Tuesday'''

*continental breakfast
*sprint all morning
*boxed lunch
*sprint all afternoon
*group sit-down dinner
*evening open/social time at the lodges

'''Wednesday'''

*continental breakfast
*sprint all morning
*boxed lunch
*sprint all afternoon
*group sit-down dinner
*evening open/social time at the lodges

'''Thursday'''

*''departures throughout the day''
*continental breakfast
*perhaps lunch provided

= Non-sprint Activities =

There will be one formal (but optional) "team building / outdoor fun" event, run for us by the IslandWood staff. Details TDB. Dress appropriately. The event will likely be 2-3 hours, before dinner on either Tuesday or Wednesday.

IslandWood offers lots of trails, ponds, etc, for informal walks / jogs / etc you can explore at any time on your own.

There will likely also be an informal walk down to the beach (2-3 miles, off campus), hosted by mpg.

= Transportation =

Getting to IslandWood is a 4-step process -- but don't panic, it's actually not as complicated as it sounds:

'''(1) To SeaTac Airport'''

Participants will be responsible for getting themselves to the [http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/ Seattle airport].

'''(2) From Airport to Seattle Ferry dock'''

From SeaTac, you will need to get to the Colman ferry dock in downtown Seattle. Two options:

*a ~$40 cab ride, from airport to dock
*a ~$3 light rail from airport, followed by a walk of a few blocks to the dock

'''(3) From Seattle dock to Bainbridge dock'''

Take the [http://www.wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/ScheduleDetailByRoute.aspx?route=sea-bi Seattle/Bainbridge] ferry, for about $7. Ferries leave every hour or less all day long, except between about 1AM and 5AM.

'''(4) From Bainbridge dock to IslandWood'''

Cabs are almost always available at the Bainbridge dock -- a trip to IslandWood is about 10 miles, should be ~$15 or so. (Note that you will likely be sharing a cab with someone else; the island has a limited number of cabs, so they carpool. Just go with the flow.)

Depending on how things go, I might see if I can arrange a shuttle or something if multiple people are arriving all at once. Or if you get really stuck, you can call me and I'll just come get you.

(see also [http://islandwood.org/about/directions this page] for more transportation hints)

= FAQ =

'''Q: I'm new to open source and OSGeo. Can I come too?'''

This is a heads-down-and-laptops-open working meeting, aimed squarely at writing code/documentation and holding serious technical discussions about OSGeo-related projects. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects. If you're not already participating in one of the projects being worked on, this isn't the event for you. '''Q: But, that's not very fair. How am I supposed to learn about the projects and meet people?'''

Each project has portals like mailing lists, wikis, and IRC channels for you to start to meet people and get involved. If you really want to participate in the sprint, you should get involved with the project ahead of time.

'''Q: Will it be possible to give a presentation during this event?'''

No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.

'''Q: I'm just a poor student, but I'm an active member of the <whatever> project and I really want to attend. Are scholarships available?'''

Maybe -- depends on how our budget turns out. Contact mpg@flaxen.com and we'll see what we can do.

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:Events]]

PostGIS Incubation Status

2011-05-05T22:42:49Z

Wiki-Chodgson: /* Community Functioning */

== General ==
; Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
: Yes, see: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2009-08-06#Minutes

; Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?
: [[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?
: If not why, and has the project page got a prominent link to the real home?
: Ideally we would like postgis.osgeo.org to be an A record to the postgis.org existing domain.
: This would provide DNS redundancy should a domain expire etc.
: We are very content with our existing home page hosting assuming Refractions is happy to continue providing this.
: http://postgis.org and http://postgis.refractions.net are already well established that we feel changing to another primary name will confuse people.

; Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
: Yes http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis

; Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
: No, but it is on our management todo (I think though can't find the ticket at the moment)

; Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
: Yes http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis

; Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
: No, Source downloads and windows binaries are available on http://www.postgis.org/download/ site.
: The subversion tar balls and documentation are autogenerated by our build bot.
: This is where people are familiar with getting them and we see no reason to change that.

== Community Functioning ==
; Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
: Yes, there is a web site describing the support mechanisms (http://www.postgis.org/support/) and mailing lists for code users, developers and code repository commits.

; Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
: Yes via http://www.postgis.org/download/ (source tar balls, experimental builds for windows, and RTM builds for windows are available). Binaries of the latest RTM releases of PostGIS are also carried by various Linux distros and PostgreSQL Enterprisedb Stack Builder for Windows. Mac OS binaries are available via stack builder and independent packagers.

; Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
: Yes. The member list available at http://postgis.org/documentation/manual-svn/ch01.html#psc
: Here are some example mails from the PostGIS-devel mailing list showing that the PSC is in [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2009-November/007189.html control of development / QA] and [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2010-January/008321.html appoints committers].

; Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
: An [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/RFC/RFC-1 RFC-1] has been drafted to more formally define the PSC and it's functions.
: Contributor guidelines are loosely described on the [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiMain PostGIS developer wiki] in the Patch submission section,
: More complete [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines Committer Guidelines] have been drafted as RFC-5.

; How many active developers are there?
: 12-20 at any one time (these include patch submitters) but generally 10-12 constant programmers who have commit access.
; Are they from multiple organizations?
: Yes, there are developers from several companies (Refractions, OpenGeo, Sirius, Paragon Corporation, CadCorp, Oslandia) plus several free lance developers
: (~ 8-10 are from companies and 2-4 are free lance developers)
: [http://postgis.org/docs/ch01.html#credits List of contributors]

== Foundation Membership ==

; Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
: Yes. The generated and on-line docs have "OSGeo Project" logos, as does the main wiki page.

; Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
: Yes, an "OSGeo Project" logo has been added to the postgis.org site header, as well as to the main wiki page.

== Code Copyright Review ==

; Has a [[Code Provenance Review]] document been prepared for the project?
: A [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiProvenanceReview Code Provenance Review document] is currently being prepared.

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

; Are [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]] covering legal issues in place?
: Yes - [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines] still in draft and not yet adopted by PSC, and accepted by all commiters.

[[Category:Incubation]]

PostGIS Incubation Status

2011-05-05T22:40:06Z

Wiki-Chodgson: /* Community Functioning */

== General ==
; Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
: Yes, see: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2009-08-06#Minutes

; Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?
: [[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?
: If not why, and has the project page got a prominent link to the real home?
: Ideally we would like postgis.osgeo.org to be an A record to the postgis.org existing domain.
: This would provide DNS redundancy should a domain expire etc.
: We are very content with our existing home page hosting assuming Refractions is happy to continue providing this.
: http://postgis.org and http://postgis.refractions.net are already well established that we feel changing to another primary name will confuse people.

; Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
: Yes http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis

; Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
: No, but it is on our management todo (I think though can't find the ticket at the moment)

; Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
: Yes http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis

; Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
: No, Source downloads and windows binaries are available on http://www.postgis.org/download/ site.
: The subversion tar balls and documentation are autogenerated by our build bot.
: This is where people are familiar with getting them and we see no reason to change that.

== Community Functioning ==
; Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
: Yes, there is a web site describing the support mechanisms (http://www.postgis.org/support/) and mailing lists for code users, developers and code repository commits.

; Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
: Yes via http://www.postgis.org/download/ (source tar balls, experimental builds for windows, and RTM builds for windows are available). Binaries of the latest RTM releases of PostGIS are also carried by various Linux distros and PostgreSQL Enterprisedb Stack Builder for Windows. Mac OS binaries are available via stack builder and independent packagers.

; Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
: Yes. The member list available at http://postgis.org/documentation/manual-svn/ch01.html#psc
* PSC is in [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2009-November/007189.html control of development / QA] and appoints [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2010-January/008321.html committer].

; Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
: An [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/RFC/RFC-1 RFC-1] has been drafted to more formally define the PSC and it's functions.
: Contributor guidelines are loosely described on the [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiMain PostGIS developer wiki] in the Patch submission section,
: More complete [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines Committer Guidelines] have been drafted as RFC-5.

; How many active developers are there?
: 12-20 at any one time (these include patch submitters) but generally 10-12 constant programmers who have commit access.
; Are they from multiple organizations?
: Yes, there are developers from several companies (Refractions, OpenGeo, Sirius, Paragon Corporation, CadCorp, Oslandia) plus several free lance developers
: (~ 8-10 are from companies and 2-4 are free lance developers)
: [http://postgis.org/docs/ch01.html#credits List of contributors]

== Foundation Membership ==

; Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
: Yes. The generated and on-line docs have "OSGeo Project" logos, as does the main wiki page.

; Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
: Yes, an "OSGeo Project" logo has been added to the postgis.org site header, as well as to the main wiki page.

== Code Copyright Review ==

; Has a [[Code Provenance Review]] document been prepared for the project?
: A [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiProvenanceReview Code Provenance Review document] is currently being prepared.

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

; Are [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]] covering legal issues in place?
: Yes - [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines] still in draft and not yet adopted by PSC, and accepted by all commiters.

[[Category:Incubation]]

PostGIS Incubation Status

2011-05-05T22:31:41Z

Wiki-Chodgson: /* Community Functioning */

== General ==
; Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
: Yes, see: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2009-08-06#Minutes

; Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?
: [[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?
: If not why, and has the project page got a prominent link to the real home?
: Ideally we would like postgis.osgeo.org to be an A record to the postgis.org existing domain.
: This would provide DNS redundancy should a domain expire etc.
: We are very content with our existing home page hosting assuming Refractions is happy to continue providing this.
: http://postgis.org and http://postgis.refractions.net are already well established that we feel changing to another primary name will confuse people.

; Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
: Yes http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis

; Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
: No, but it is on our management todo (I think though can't find the ticket at the moment)

; Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
: Yes http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis

; Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
: No, Source downloads and windows binaries are available on http://www.postgis.org/download/ site.
: The subversion tar balls and documentation are autogenerated by our build bot.
: This is where people are familiar with getting them and we see no reason to change that.

== Community Functioning ==
; Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
: Yes, there is a web site describing the support mechanisms (http://www.postgis.org/support/) and mailing lists for code users, developers and code repository commits.

; Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
: yes/no (and any caveats) - Yes via http://www.postgis.org/download/ (source tar balls, experimental builds for windows, and RTM builds for windows are available). Binaries of the latest RTM releases of PostGIS are also carried by various Linux distros and PostgreSQL Enterprisedb Stack Builder for Windows. Mac OS binaries are available via stack builder and independent packagers.

; Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
: Yes. The member list available at http://postgis.org/documentation/manual-svn/ch01.html#psc
* PSC is in [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2009-November/007189.html control of development / QA] and appoints [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2010-January/008321.html committer].
* An [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/RFC/RFC-1 RFC-1] has been drafted to more formally define the PSC and it's functions.

; Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
: yes/no - provide pointers to various related documents. Yes on contributor guidelines. We are still working on our project procedures
[http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiMain PostGIS developer wiki] defines contributor guidelines in the Patch submission section
; How many active developers are there?
: 12-20 at any one time (these include patch submitters) but generally 10-12 constant programmers who have commit access.
; Are they from multiple organizations? Yes
: Indicate number and some organizations involved - Each developer with commit access is currently from a different company
: or a free lance developers
(~ 8-10 are from companies and 2-4 are free lance developers)
: [http://postgis.org/docs/ch01.html#credits List of contributors]
: There are developers from several companies (Refractions, OpenGeo, Sirius, Paragon Corporation, CadCorp, Oslandia) plus several free lance developers

== Foundation Membership ==

; Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
: Yes. The generated and on-line docs have "OSGeo Project" logos, as does the main wiki page.

; Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
: Yes, an "OSGeo Project" logo has been added to the postgis.org site header, as well as to the main wiki page.

== Code Copyright Review ==

; Has a [[Code Provenance Review]] document been prepared for the project?
: A [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiProvenanceReview Code Provenance Review document] is currently being prepared.

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

; Are [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]] covering legal issues in place?
: Yes - [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines] still in draft and not yet adopted by PSC, and accepted by all commiters.

[[Category:Incubation]]

PostGIS Incubation Status

2011-05-05T22:31:15Z

Wiki-Chodgson: /* Community Functioning */

== General ==
; Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
: Yes, see: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2009-08-06#Minutes

; Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?
: [[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?
: If not why, and has the project page got a prominent link to the real home?
: Ideally we would like postgis.osgeo.org to be an A record to the postgis.org existing domain.
: This would provide DNS redundancy should a domain expire etc.
: We are very content with our existing home page hosting assuming Refractions is happy to continue providing this.
: http://postgis.org and http://postgis.refractions.net are already well established that we feel changing to another primary name will confuse people.

; Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
: Yes http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis

; Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
: No, but it is on our management todo (I think though can't find the ticket at the moment)

; Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
: Yes http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis

; Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
: No, Source downloads and windows binaries are available on http://www.postgis.org/download/ site.
: The subversion tar balls and documentation are autogenerated by our build bot.
: This is where people are familiar with getting them and we see no reason to change that.

== Community Functioning ==
; Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
: Yes, there is a web site describing the support mechanisms (http://www.postgis.org/support/) and mailing lists for code users, developers and code repository commits.

; Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
: yes/no (and any caveats) - Yes via http://www.postgis.org/download/ (source tar balls, experimental builds for windows, and RTM builds for windows are available). Binaries of the latest RTM releases of PostGIS are also carried by various Linux distros and PostgreSQL Enterprisedb Stack Builder for Windows. Mac OS binaries are available via stack builder and independent packagers.

; Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
: Yes.
: * The member list available at http://postgis.org/documentation/manual-svn/ch01.html#psc
: * PSC is in [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2009-November/007189.html control of development / QA] and appoints [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2010-January/008321.html committer].
: * An [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/RFC/RFC-1 RFC-1] has been drafted to more formally define the PSC and it's functions.

; Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
: yes/no - provide pointers to various related documents. Yes on contributor guidelines. We are still working on our project procedures
[http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiMain PostGIS developer wiki] defines contributor guidelines in the Patch submission section
; How many active developers are there?
: 12-20 at any one time (these include patch submitters) but generally 10-12 constant programmers who have commit access.
; Are they from multiple organizations? Yes
: Indicate number and some organizations involved - Each developer with commit access is currently from a different company
: or a free lance developers
(~ 8-10 are from companies and 2-4 are free lance developers)
: [http://postgis.org/docs/ch01.html#credits List of contributors]
: There are developers from several companies (Refractions, OpenGeo, Sirius, Paragon Corporation, CadCorp, Oslandia) plus several free lance developers

== Foundation Membership ==

; Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
: Yes. The generated and on-line docs have "OSGeo Project" logos, as does the main wiki page.

; Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
: Yes, an "OSGeo Project" logo has been added to the postgis.org site header, as well as to the main wiki page.

== Code Copyright Review ==

; Has a [[Code Provenance Review]] document been prepared for the project?
: A [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiProvenanceReview Code Provenance Review document] is currently being prepared.

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

; Are [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]] covering legal issues in place?
: Yes - [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines] still in draft and not yet adopted by PSC, and accepted by all commiters.

[[Category:Incubation]]

PostGIS Incubation Status

2011-05-05T22:28:27Z

Wiki-Chodgson:

== General ==
; Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
: Yes, see: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2009-08-06#Minutes

; Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?
: [[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?
: If not why, and has the project page got a prominent link to the real home?
: Ideally we would like postgis.osgeo.org to be an A record to the postgis.org existing domain.
: This would provide DNS redundancy should a domain expire etc.
: We are very content with our existing home page hosting assuming Refractions is happy to continue providing this.
: http://postgis.org and http://postgis.refractions.net are already well established that we feel changing to another primary name will confuse people.

; Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
: Yes http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis

; Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
: No, but it is on our management todo (I think though can't find the ticket at the moment)

; Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
: Yes http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis

; Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
: No, Source downloads and windows binaries are available on http://www.postgis.org/download/ site.
: The subversion tar balls and documentation are autogenerated by our build bot.
: This is where people are familiar with getting them and we see no reason to change that.

== Community Functioning ==
; Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
: Yes, there is a web site describing the support mechanisms (http://www.postgis.org/support/) and mailing lists for code users, developers and code repository commits.

; Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
: yes/no (and any caveats) - Yes via http://www.postgis.org/download/ (source tar balls, experimental builds for windows, and RTM builds for windows are available). Binaries of the latest RTM releases of PostGIS
are also carried by various Linux distros and PostgreSQL Enterprisedb Stack Builder for Windows. Mac OS binaries
are available via stack builder and independent packagers.

; Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
: yes
* The member list available at http://postgis.org/documentation/manual-svn/ch01.html#psc
* PSC is in [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2009-November/007189.html control of development / QA] and appoints [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2010-January/008321.html committer].
* An [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/RFC/RFC-1 RFC-1] has been drafted to more formally define the PSC and it's functions.

; Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
: yes/no - provide pointers to various related documents. Yes on contributor guidelines. We are still working on our project procedures
[http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiMain PostGIS developer wiki] defines contributor guidelines in the Patch submission section
; How many active developers are there?
: 12-20 at any one time (these include patch submitters) but generally 10-12 constant programmers who have commit access.
; Are they from multiple organizations? Yes
: Indicate number and some organizations involved - Each developer with commit access is currently from a different company
: or a free lance developers
(~ 8-10 are from companies and 2-4 are free lance developers)
: [http://postgis.org/docs/ch01.html#credits List of contributors]
: There are developers from several companies (Refractions, OpenGeo, Sirius, Paragon Corporation, CadCorp, Oslandia) plus several free lance developers

== Foundation Membership ==

; Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
: Yes. The generated and on-line docs have "OSGeo Project" logos, as does the main wiki page.

; Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
: Yes, an "OSGeo Project" logo has been added to the postgis.org site header, as well as to the main wiki page.

== Code Copyright Review ==

; Has a [[Code Provenance Review]] document been prepared for the project?
: A [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiProvenanceReview Code Provenance Review document] is currently being prepared.

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

; Are [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]] covering legal issues in place?
: Yes - [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines] still in draft and not yet adopted by PSC, and accepted by all commiters.

[[Category:Incubation]]

PostGIS Incubation Status

2011-05-05T22:24:53Z

Wiki-Chodgson:

== General ==
; Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
: Yes, see: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2009-08-06#Minutes

; Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?
: [[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?
: If not why, and has the project page got a prominent link to the real home?
: Ideally we would like postgis.osgeo.org to be an A record to the postgis.org existing domain.
: This would provide DNS redundancy should a domain expire etc.
: We are very content with our existing home page hosting assuming Refractions is happy to continue providing this.
: http://postgis.org and http://postgis.refractions.net are already well established that we feel changing to another primary name will confuse people.

; Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
: Yes http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis

; Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
: No, but it is on our management todo (I think though can't find the ticket at the moment)

; Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
: Yes http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis

; Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
: No, Source downloads and windows binaries are available on http://www.postgis.org/download/ site.
: The subversion tar balls and documentation are autogenerated by our build bot.
: This is where people are familiar with getting them and we see no reason to change that.

== Community Functioning ==
; Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
: Yes, there is a web site describing the support mechanisms (http://www.postgis.org/support/) and mailing lists for code users, developers and code repository commits.

; Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
: yes/no (and any caveats) - Yes via http://www.postgis.org/download/ (source tar balls, experimental builds for windows, and RTM builds for windows are available). Binaries of the latest RTM releases of PostGIS
are also carried by various Linux distros and PostgreSQL Enterprisedb Stack Builder for Windows. Mac OS binaries
are available via stack builder and independent packagers.

; Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
: yes
: indicate members and whether it has effective control.
* The member list available at http://postgis.org/documentation/manual-svn/ch01.html#psc
* PSC is in [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2009-November/007189.html control of development / QA] and appoints [http://postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2010-January/008321.html committer].

; Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
: yes/no - provide pointers to various related documents. Yes on contributor guidelines. We are still working on our project procedures
[http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiMain PostGIS developer wiki] defines contributor guidelines in the Patch submission section
; How many active developers are there?
: 12-20 at any one time (these include patch submitters) but generally 10-12 constant programmers who have commit access.
; Are they from multiple organizations? Yes
: Indicate number and some organizations involved - Each developer with commit access is currently from a different company
: or a free lance developers
(~ 8-10 are from companies and 2-4 are free lance developers)
: [http://postgis.org/docs/ch01.html#credits List of contributors]
: There are developers from several companies (Refractions, OpenGeo, Sirius, Paragon Corporation, CadCorp, Oslandia) plus several free lance developers

== Foundation Membership ==

; Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
: Yes. The generated and on-line docs have "OSGeo Project" logos, as does the main wiki page.

; Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
: Yes, an "OSGeo Project" logo has been added to the postgis.org site header, as well as to the main wiki page.

== Code Copyright Review ==

; Has a [[Code Provenance Review]] document been prepared for the project?
: A [[http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiProvenanceReview Code Provenance Review document]] is currently being prepared.

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

; Are [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]] covering legal issues in place?
: Yes - [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/DevWikiComitGuidelines] still in draft and not yet adopted by PSC, and accepted by all commiters.

[[Category:Incubation]]