<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Maybe you could introduce this on OSGeo live? I think it could apply to more than just OsGeo projects.</div><div><br>On Sep 19, 2014, at 4:24 PM, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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We discussed a 5 star maturity rating in 2010. I still like the
idea, but it was contentious at the time, especially with projects
which would rank low on the rating, and it was eventually dropped in
favour of using just "Incubated"/"Incubating" as more politically
acceptable.<br>
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This is what we proposed:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Marketing_Artefacts&oldid=51118#Maturity_Rating">http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Marketing_Artefacts&oldid=51118#Maturity_Rating</a><br>
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<dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 2em; margin-bottom:
0.1em;">A 5 star rating system to qualify the how established a
project is. Rating is to be broken down as follows:
<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin:
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">5 stars: This rating is yet
to be defined, and will not be allocated to projects yet.
Project includes bundled software, regular builds, security
updates, training, etc.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">4 stars (mature): Project
has passed osgeo incubation as per:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/project_graduation_checklist.html" class="external free" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187);
padding-right: 13px; background:
url(http://wiki.osgeo.org/skins/monobook/external.png)
100% 50% no-repeat;">http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/project_graduation_checklist.html</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">3.5 stars: Not to be used
yet, but may later be introduced for projects which have
entered incubation.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">3 stars (established):
Project has Stable Software, a Stable community, is deployed
in production systems, and is ready to pass criteria to
enter incubation, as per:<a href="http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/evaluation.html" class="external free" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187);
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100% 50% no-repeat;">http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/evaluation.html</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">2 stars (stable): Project
has Stable Software.
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Project produces
periodic releases of stable software which is used in
production systems.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">1 star (beta): Project has
Beta software.</li>
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Discussion about it here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2010-June/thread.html">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2010-June/thread.html</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/09/2014 8:41 am, Luca Delucchi
wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On 18 September 2014 23:10, Jachym Cepicky <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jachym.cepicky@gmail.com"><jachym.cepicky@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Or
level 1 - project (name, license, headers)
level 2 - code clean checked
level 3 - steering committee
level 4 - ...
level 5 - community, mature osgeo project
drift between levels is possible both ways (you lost community e.g.)
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<pre wrap="">I really like this idea...
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<pre wrap="">jody could give more insight view
Jachym
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Cameron Shorter,
Software and Data Solutions Manager
LISAsoft
Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
P +61 2 9009 5000, W <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.lisasoft.com">www.lisasoft.com</a>, F +61 2 9009 5099</pre>
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