Difference between revisions of "GeoMoose Incubation Status"
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; Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)? | ; 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? | ; 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? | ; 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. | ; Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc. | ||
| − | : | + | : Yes. We have an established decision process [http://geomoose.org/rfc/rfc-1.html 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? | ; 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 == | == Foundation Membership == | ||
Revision as of 11:29, 28 November 2011
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
- IncCom
- definition
Template
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?
- If not, indicate when this will occur.
- Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks?
- If not, indicate what is planned. (note: currently an OSGeo web style has not bee established)
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.