On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Frank, > Before we pass Geos through incubation, could you please point us at answers > to the Incubation checklist:
Good point! > Current version here: > http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/project_graduation_checklist.html > > Although I think it would be better to make use of the new 2.0 version of > the checklist which I think Jody is about to get approved. > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Draft_Project_Graduation_Checklist_Draft Let me try to address the draft checklist. Open: The code is under an open source license (LGPL). Communication is done via the open mailing list and Trac. Decision making is open, on the list, though my concern is that the project hasn't really had contentious decisions to make so I'm not fully confident in the maturity of the project in making tough decisions. But I am not concerned about it being too closed. Active and healthy community: The developers and users are cooperative and open. I am concerned about the size of the developer community, though there are multiple contributors from different organizations so I think this is ok. Copyright and License: 1. Again, the code is under an open source license. 2. I believe the API documentation is under LGPL by virtue of being derived from the source files. There is relatively little other documentation. 3. The code is properly vetted as part of the provenence review. 4. I do not believe the project keeps a list of copyright holders identified in the provenance review, and now that I come on this item in the checklist I question it's appropriateness. We do not normally expect projects to keep a list of copyright holders. 5. The commiters have agreed to the license policy. I'm not sure about this agreement being archived. I see this is archived for Chuck Thibert, but seemingly not for Steven Wong. Processes: 1. The code is under svn. 2. The project uses Trac. 3. The project has RFCs covering the PSC and committer guidelines. A bit light I must admit. Release Procedure: 1. The project does not have a codified release procedure. It does have established practice which involves beta's and RCs for review, and a vote before the release is finalized. 2. The project has a significant regression test ("make check"). 3. The processes are not documented though they are part of the project culture. Board: A person has not yet been identified to be the project officer. I would suggest the person be Sandro Santilli, and I will discuss this with the project now. Marketing: The project lacks a "quickstart" page or an "application overview" or a one page flier. I'm not sure quickstart is applicable since the project does not have any user facing tools, but at least an overview is desirable. The project is included in most binary distributions including OSGeo Live, UbuntuGIS, and OSGeo4W. Projects: The GEOS project has good links to GDAL/OGR, PostGIS, Ingres, and MapServer projects primarily in the form of common developers. SAC: The project is hosted at OSGeo, in the geos.osgeo.org domain and makes good use of SAC support. I would note I had imagined the check list being something that the mentor would review before recommending a project for graduation, and that incubation committee members would take into account when voting. I was not expecting that a detailed report against the items would be expected from the mentor or project. > Of note (from the new checklist), I think that Geos should be addressing the > Marketing criteria from the new checklist, which would include creating a > Project Overview for Geos: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Draft_Project_Graduation_Checklist_Draft#Marketing Agreed, this is a deficiency worth rectifying. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer _______________________________________________ geos-devel mailing list geos-devel@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel