Difference between revisions of "GEOS Incubation Status"

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Latest revision as of 18:47, 15 January 2012

Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?: Yes, approved on November 2, 2007

Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?: Yes, Frank Warmerdam

Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects web presence?: The web presence is currently being started here: http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ and http://geos.osgeo.org/ points to this Trac instance.

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

Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?: Yes: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel

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

Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?: Binaries are not available. Source downloads are available at http://download.osgeo.org/geos.

Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?: Yes, http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel

Are source and binary downloads for the package available?: Source downloads are available, binaries are not. The SVN repository at http://svn.osgeo.org/geos is publicly readable as well.

Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?: Yes, see http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/wiki/PSC

Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.: Yes, see http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/wiki/RFC1 and http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/wiki/RFC2

How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?: There 2-3 active developers, depending on how you count, from multiple organizations.

Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?: Yes, the main page mentions the project is part of OSGeo.

Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?: It is an at osgeo.org url. However, OSGeo needs to provide more direction on branding and marking to get better effect.

Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?: Yes, GEOS Provenance Review

Have issues raised in the provenance review been adequately addressed?: Yes, see resolutions in GEOS Provenance Review

Are Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines covering legal issues in place?: Yes, see http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/wiki/RFC2

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 ; Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects web presence?
-: The web presence is currently being started here: http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/
+: The web presence is currently being started here: http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ and http://geos.osgeo.org/ points to this Trac instance.
 ; Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
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 ; Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
-: Binaries are not available. Source downloads are available at download.osgeo.org/geos.
+: Binaries are not available. Source downloads are available at http://download.osgeo.org/geos.
 == Community Functioning ==
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 ; Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
-: Yes, the main page is now http://trac.osgeo.org/geos and the old site at http://geos.refractions.net redirects there.
+: Yes, the main page mentions the project is part of OSGeo.
 ; Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?