GeoMoose Incubation Status

Document Status

IncCom Document Number: X

Version: 1.1

Status: draft

See also similar documents: Incubation Application Ticket and similar on GM wiki

Purpose

The project representative and mentor will use 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.

Terms and Definitions

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General

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

Not that I know of. Jody would you like to add this to the next Board agenda or should I?

Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?

Jody is our 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?

No. We haven't thought of or discussed this. We will probably use that to redirect to geomoose.org our current home (or vice-versa depending on discussions of which infrastructure we prefer.)

Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?

Pending ticket

Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?

Yes, check it out, GeoMoose list completed from ticket

Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?

Pending ticket

Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?

No, we will probably put a link to GeoMoose download page

Community Functioning

Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?

The OSGeo hosted mailman list is the primary mechanism. It is working well. For some rough numbers, from March-November there were 828 emails so about 20ish emails a week. Most get answered promptly ending in a successful resolution. A very small number do not get answered at all.

Are source and binary downloads for the package available?

Yes (to the extent applicable).

Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?

Yes. Dan, Jim, Bob, Brian*, Eli, and Brent are the PSC and have control. *Brian is the chair.

Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.

Yes. We have an established decision process RFC1

No, we need to improve and be more explicit in our contributor guidelines.

How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?

~5. Various organizations (Houston Engineering, SharedGeo, GeoAnalytic, Freelance, Local Government Agencies, etc)

Foundation Membership

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

Upon graduation from incubation GeoMoose will proudly display its affiliation with OSGeo reflected throughout the project (website, mailing list, logos, etc)

Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?

Upon graduation the GeoMoose website will link to the OSGeo website from several places, display the OSGeo logo, and state that GeoMoose is a project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). We will also submit a SAC ticket for OSGeo website updates (listing in projects). Down the road the PSC will probably discuss options to allow GeoMoose sponsorship through OSGeo project sponsorship

Code Copyright Review

Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?

yes/no - point to review document.

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.