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| + | With the upcoming OSGeo-Live 9.5 release, we will make OpenHub metrics very visible, adding a "Metrics" tab from the main OSGeo-Live page, which links to our existing OSGeo-Live OpenHub summaries. |
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| − | One of the core principles behind OSGeo-Live is to help new users find the best geospatial open source applications. Quality applications which are widely used and maintained by established and robust communities.
| + | Most OSGeo-Live projects have very compelling metrics, demonstrating an established and active development community. However, there are a few projects where OpenHub metrics are dated, incorrectly suggesting a lack of project activity. As such, I encourage all projects to review their OpenHub metrics before the next OSGeo-Live release, and update where appropriate. |
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| − | As such, it is important for us as a community to continue to review our list of OSGeo-Live applications to ensure the projects are still valuable and are being maintained. Very helpful for evaluating the health of a community are the metrics provided by OpenHub. They are helpful for us as a community in keeping track of projects, and also for new users in assessing projects, which is why we collate them at: http://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html
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| − | For the upcoming OSGeo-Live 9.5 release, I'm proposing to make this metrics page easier to find, by providing a direct link to it from the OSGeo-Live toolbar.
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| − | I also propose to also review this metrics page and do something about projects which indicate a lack of community or recent activity.
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| − | This might be as simple as updating out-of-date OpenHub metrics pages. But there are some projects which appear to have lost their community and as such should be retired from OSGeo-Live.
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| − | Projects which should be investigated include:
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| − | * gvSig - no recent activity. Is it looking at the correct code repository?
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| − | * GeoNode - no recent activity. Is it looking at the correct code repository?
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| − | * Cartaro - no OpenHub metrics
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| − | * ncWMS - incorrectly titled as "Web Map Service for NetCDF data", minimal recent development
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| − | * 52 North WPS - no recent activity. Is it looking at the correct code repository?
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| − | * tinyOWS - no recent activity. Is it looking at the correct code repository?
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| − | * QGIS Servier - no OpenHub metrics as it is part of QGIS. Would it be possible to pull out as a separate project?
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| − | * SpatiLite - no recent activity. Is it looking at the correct code repository?
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| − | * GpsDrive - no recent activity. Has critical errors preventing building. https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1601
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| − | * GpsPrune - only one developer. I can't find an email list to gauge the community update. But the project is well established.
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| − | * GeoKettle - no recent activity. Is the project being used?
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| − | * GMT - no recent activity. Is it looking at the correct code repository?
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| − | * TileMill - no OpenHub metrics
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| − | * Ushahidi - no recent activity. Is it looking at the correct code repository?
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| | + | Start by looking here: http://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html |
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| | ==About OSGeo-Live== | | ==About OSGeo-Live== |
OSGeo-Live metrics going public in next release
31 January 2016
With the upcoming OSGeo-Live 9.5 release, we will make OpenHub metrics very visible, adding a "Metrics" tab from the main OSGeo-Live page, which links to our existing OSGeo-Live OpenHub summaries.
Most OSGeo-Live projects have very compelling metrics, demonstrating an established and active development community. However, there are a few projects where OpenHub metrics are dated, incorrectly suggesting a lack of project activity. As such, I encourage all projects to review their OpenHub metrics before the next OSGeo-Live release, and update where appropriate.
Start by looking here: http://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html
About OSGeo-Live
OSGeo-live is a Lubuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and USB. You can use OSGeo-Live to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything.