On 11/08/2010 06:53 AM, Bob Basques wrote: > All, > > This little piece has been nagging at me during this whole thread. Rules > based on a project that didn't use the rules. (so to speak :c) > > I mean, if I just need to start under the OSGEO umbrella, and then everything > is all "incubated", well, I can work with that system. :c) > > (as and example . . .) My project(s) might get a little convoluted though as > I keep partnering with different groups as we go around the incubation > requirements (pure as an example) > > bobb > > > . . . > Did the OSGeo Live project ever incubate at > all? Should be easy, maybe you want to apply? >
OSGeo Live does not consider itself a project, but rather a distribution method/marketing product (This has been discussed/debated on the Live-demo list). We didn't think it was appropriate to incubate since it basically is driven by the Marketing Committee's needs. Do people consider Ubuntugis and OSGeo4W projects that should also apply for incubation? As for the duplication of materials, the idea has been that the current information is somewhat unmaintainable and difficult to reuse. At one time there were 1 page printable descriptions of each project but that proved impossible without the projects constantly updating the content in a fixed format. We're hoping that making minor edits twice a year to the content in a text file without worrying about the layout will make that easier. The project overviews created for OSGeo Live are intended to be used on the web, disc and in print. We're specifically using Sphinx with the goal of being able to create print material that is up to date on demand. For example, finding quality logo's for all the projects is quite a task. Since there isn't one folder in svn or the website to pull them from. I don't really care if that folder is under the Live part of the svn tree so long as they are all in one place and of sufficient quality for web and print(many of them are too small or low res). Note, not all projects have a page on the osgeo.org site, many of them actually go directly to their homepages. OSGeo Live isn't trying to force rules on Incubation, we're simply asking if everyone thinks that Marketing materials is an important part of a project graduating. If so, we want to have a nice checklist of what those materials ought to be and we want to find a way to ensure that they get done. We're aiming for quality, to make it easy to show off OSGeo projects. I do think my opinion here does vary slightly from Cameron's in how "required" some parts should be, but agree that having the basic marketing materials seems like a good indicator to the greater public that a project is stable and of reasonable quality (whether or not thats true). Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss