Document Status

IncCom Document Number: X

Version: 1.1

Status: draft

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?: Yes.

Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project?: Gary Sherman as 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?

Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?: If not, why?

Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?: If not, why?

Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?: If not, why?

Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?: If not, why?

Community Functioning

Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?: indicate the available user support mechanisms, and whether they seem to be functioning well (are getting used and get answers).

 There are two mailing-lists:
   [MapFish-Users] 259 members (Oct. 2010)
   [MapFish-Dev] 103 members (Oct. 2010)

   There is a good operation on this list with a really fast response time

Are source and binary downloads for the package available?: yes/no (and any caveats)

  Yes, both the sources and binaries are distributed.
   For installation there is an installation script for download which makes install really easy to everybody.
   There are also links for direct SVN-checkout and manuals for installing from source.

   There are also brief manuals for installing the environment, getting MapFish running with Apache and so on.

Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?: yes/no, indicate members and whether it has effective control.

   Yes, the PSC was formed in 2009. There are 7 members, 5 were voted by the community and 2 were voted by the PSC afterwards.
   Members are:
   Eric Lemoine (Chair)
   Bruno Binet
   Yves Moisan
   Julien-Samuel Lacroix
   Till Adams
   David Oesch
   Cedric Moullet

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. There is a "MapFish Project Steering Committee Process" outlined on the wiki (http://trac.mapfish.org/trac/mapfish/wiki/Community/PSC/Process).
   In general the process is derivated from the OsGeo Projects OpenLayers, GDAL and Mapserver.

How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?: Indicate number and some organizations involved.

   There are about 5 active developers, all from Camptocamp.

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.

MapFish Incubation Status

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