+1 from GDAL PSC member Mateusz
On Tue, 15 Feb 2022 at 19:11, Regina Obe <l...@pcorp.us> wrote: > > GEOS PSC +1 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: geos-devel [mailto:geos-devel-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of > > Howard Butler > > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 10:38 AM > > To: gdal dev <gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org> > > Cc: GEOS Development List <geos-de...@lists.osgeo.org> > > Subject: [geos-devel] GEOS Maintenance Grant > > > > GDAL PSC, > > > > When we wrote the GDAL RFCs on sponsorship, we provided an escape > > clause to allow us to direct resources to other projects upon which GDAL > > depends. Our sponsorship numbers are still increasing, which provides us > an > > opportunity to directly support some of those projects, and one of them is > > obviously GEOS. GEOS provides all of the geometry algebra support for > > GDAL/OGR and many other open source geospatial softwares including > > Shapely, PostGIS, GeoPandas, MapServer, and more. > > > > Dan Baston of the GEOS PSC has been identified as the developer with > > capacity and interest in the next year to take on GEOS development on APIs > > and performance, which he has a long history of doing for the project. > This > > support should allow him to work longer, multi-release upgrades that will > > provide strong performance and convenience benefits for the project. > > > > I motion to provide the GEOS PSC with a $50,000 USD grant to address > > performance, API, and other work that does not attract directed funding in > > GEOS. The GEOS PSC will be responsible for coordinating work tasks, rates, > > and development timelines. Howard Butler or Even Rouault of the GDAL > > NumFocus liaison team will coordinate dispersement as directed by the > > GEOS PSC and NumFocus rules. > > > > Thank you again to the GDAL Sponsors https://gdal.org/sponsors/index.html > > who have made this kind of grant possible. A better GEOS makes for a > better > > GDAL. > > > > Howard > > > > _______________________________________________ > > geos-devel mailing list > > geos-de...@lists.osgeo.org > > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
