Difference between revisions of "OSSIM 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)?  
: indicate the available user support mechanisms, and whether they seem to be functioning well (are getting used and get answers).  
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: existing and functioning well.
  
 
; Are source and binary downloads for the package available?  
 
; Are source and binary downloads for the package available?  
: yes/no (and any caveats)
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: existing and functioning well.
  
 
; 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/no, indicate members and whether it has effective control.
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: Project Steering committee has just been formed.  Currently consists of six
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: developers with commit privileges.  Garrett Potts is the designated lead and  
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: has final say over software architecture implementation.  A module system has
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: been created allowing segmented checkin control for other contributors.  Currently
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: being used for the image registration module.
  
 
; 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/no - provide pointers to various related documents.  
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: No, plan to implement.
  
 
; How many active developers are there?  Are they from multiple organizations?
 
; How many active developers are there?  Are they from multiple organizations?
: Indicate number and some organizations involved.  
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: Indicate number and some organizations involved.
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: Garrett Potts, Mark Lucas, David Burken, Scott Bortman are the core OSSIM team
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: external checkin privileges have been granted to Dr Frederic Claudel from the
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: South African Center for remote sensing and James Hopper from SAIC Corporation
  
 
== Foundation Membership ==
 
== Foundation Membership ==

Revision as of 14:52, 4 April 2006

Basics

Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
Yes
Has an OSGeo committee member been assigned as Mentor?
No

Infrastructure Transition

Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects we presence?
OSSIM is currently hosted on a wiki at www.ossim.org. While potentially evaluating
a move to a Plone site the project has no motivation for moving to static web pages
on ossim.osgeo.org. ossim.osgeo.org has been created and populated
with a brief description and a link to the host site.
Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project?
Currently using bugzilla located at www.ossim.org, no compelling reason to change.
Is the OSGeo mailing list manager being used for the project?
No, currently using sourceforge for those services
Is the OSGeo SVN or CVS system being used for the project?
Currently using CVS at www.ossim.org, cautiously evaluating a move to svn,
don't see a compelling reason to move that to collabnet.
Are binary and source downloads available from the OSGeo download area?
If not, why?
Currently hosted on sourceforge with additional large data sets available
on telascience org. Links are available from the main page.
Collabnet currently doesn't have equivalent resource available.

Community Functioning

Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)?
existing and functioning well.
Are source and binary downloads for the package available?
existing and functioning well.
Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
Project Steering committee has just been formed. Currently consists of six
developers with commit privileges. Garrett Potts is the designated lead and
has final say over software architecture implementation. A module system has
been created allowing segmented checkin control for other contributors. Currently
being used for the image registration module.
Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc.
No, plan to implement.
How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?
Indicate number and some organizations involved.
Garrett Potts, Mark Lucas, David Burken, Scott Bortman are the core OSSIM team
external checkin privileges have been granted to Dr Frederic Claudel from the
South African Center for remote sensing and James Hopper from SAIC Corporation

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.