Difference between revisions of "Deegree Incubation Status"

Latest revision as of 05:51, 9 February 2010

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 (2010-02-09), the members of the PSC are:

Herman Assink (IDgis)
Jens Fitzke (lat/lon)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Greve (Bonn University)
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

Besides the PSC, the Technical Management Committee (TMC) performs day-to-day technical decisions and acts on behalf of the PSC. The TMC has been established and publicly announced at the deegree day 2008. Currently (2009-10-26), the members of the technical management committee are:

Rutger Bezema (lat/lon)
Markus Schneider (lat/lon)

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.

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 ; Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects web presence?
-: The deegree website is located at http://www.deegree.org/ -- we have no current plans to transition to osgeo website infrastructure.
+: 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?
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 : No. Mailing lists are already set up on SourceForge and being used:
-* Annonunce: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-announce/
+:* Announce: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-announce/
-* Users: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-users/
+:* Users: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-users/
-* Developers: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-devel/
+:* Developers: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-devel/
 ; Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
-: No. Our project SVN is available at http://wald.intevation.org/projects/deegree/
+: 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 from http://www.deegree.org/ -> Download
+: No. Downloads are available at http://deegree.org/ -> Download
 == Community Functioning ==
 ; Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
-: Support mechanism are available in the form of a user mailing list and a wiki (https://wiki.deegree.org/). The users mailing list (see above) is functioning well for some years already.
+:* 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 packaged jars, source packages and also demo applications (easy to install jar-Archives).
+: 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, there is a PSC. The PSC decides about the major directions of the deegree project, the dates and content of major releases and who the project developers are. The PSC consists to date of: 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.
+: 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 (2010-02-09), the members of the PSC are:
+:* Herman Assink (IDgis)
+:* Jens Fitzke (lat/lon)
+:* Prof. Dr. Klaus Greve (Bonn University)
+:* 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
+:Besides the PSC, the Technical Management Committee (TMC) performs day-to-day technical decisions and acts on behalf of the PSC. The TMC has been established and publicly announced at the deegree day 2008. Currently (2009-10-26), the members of the technical management committee are:
+:* Rutger Bezema (lat/lon)
+:* Markus Schneider (lat/lon)
 ; Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
-: There is a [https://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/StructuresAndProcedures draft document] in the deegree Wiki, prepared by the PSC.
+: Yes. See http://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/StructuresAndProcedures
 ; How many active developers are there?  Are they from multiple organizations?
-: There are 19 active developers from multiple organisations. They are listed at http://wald.intevation.org/project/memberlist.php?group_id=27
+: 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 expected to be available by 2009-06-25. This first version will be German language only and be taken to the AGIT trade fair early July. deegree staff will be present at the OSGeo booth.
+: 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 was added to http://deegree.org which also explicitly mentions deegree's status as an OSGeo project in incubation.
+: 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 [https://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/OSGeoIncubationCodeProvenanceReviewReport current interim report] is available in the deegree Wiki.
+:Yes, the [http://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/OSGeoIncubationCodeProvenanceReviewReport 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 [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]] covering legal issues in place?
+; Are [[Committer Responsibilities Guidelines]] covering legal issues in place?
-: A [https://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/deegreeCommitterGuidelines draft document] has been set up be the PSC. This needs final review and then has to be accepted by all commiters.
+: A [http://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/deegreeCommitterGuidelines document] has been set up be the PSC. It still needs final review and then has to be accepted by all committers.
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