[Board] Supporting OSGeo4W

[Jody Garnett]

Hijacking this thread for a moment - what build infrastructure does OSGeo4W
have in position for building and signing installers? There may be an
opportunity here for GeoServer PSC to fund adding
GeoServer windows installer into the mix (if you are already have a build
server setup for such things).
--
Jody Garnett


On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 10:18, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess "adoption" is the key word we are not in a position to provide as
> an organization .. no other project is "adopted".
>
> That said OSGeo4W is in an interesting position being a joint-initiative
> (is their an MOU to this effect?). An initiative gives the board a chance
> to fund it outside of the "community project" program. I think "MetaGIS"
> and "OSGeo Live" were also in this position ... and both made the
> transition to a full OSGeo project (resulting in some autonomy on budgeting
> and spending).
>
> aside: If an MOU is made it would be good to update
> https://www.osgeo.org/partners/qgis-org-association/ to reflect this as a
> joint initiative.
>
> In terms of treating OSGeo as a stable source of funding (for any project):
>
> - OSZGeo is into year 4 of providing projects a budget (as a
> strategic shift from running as a low or no cost organization). It has
> taken this long for projects to notice funding is available :)
> - Many projects position to use funds provided (as shown by the difference
> between the amount budgeted and the amount spent in any given year)
> - Foundation budget guidance has always been a reflection of income
> (primarily from foss4g events). Rule of thumb is to be able to run 2-3
> foss4g events without profit.
> - TLDR: I would expect the "stability" to be flexible over time - OSGeo
> may not always be in a position to provide funds.
>
> aside: We have had to drop our geroserver installer (due to lack of
> resources), it would be great to see this added back into OSGeo4W.
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 08:10, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jody. Our request was in fact about having a stable budget, as
>> implied by an adoption, as it is IOHO a fundamental piece of
>> infrastructure, that deserve a stable commitment.
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Il 16/01/20 17:06, Jody Garnett ha scritto:
>> > Paolo:
>> >
>> > OSGeo4W is already "adopted" by OSGeo as part of the community project
>> > program. While the project does not have an independent budget (until it
>> > goes through incubation) it does have access to funding through
>> > attending board meetings.
>> >
>> > I think if you look at the draft budget
>> > <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2020> a request has already
>> > been made on behalf of OSGeo4W, indeed it appears to be funded as a
>> > joint initiative with QGIS.org.
>> > --
>> > Jody Garnett
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 07:43, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it
>> > <mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Dear OSGEO Board
>> >
>> >     We are writing to petition your help both financially and for
>> general
>> >     support with the OSGEO4W project. Over the years, OSGEO4W (started
>> by
>> >     Frank Warmerdam and Jürgen Fischer) has become the de-facto delivery
>> >     mechanism to Windows users for many of the projects that make up
>> OSGEO -
>> >     including GDAL, PROJ, GRASS, QGIS and many more.
>> >
>> >     Currently, most of the maintenance and improvements to OSGEO4W are
>> >     carried out through activities of the QGIS packaging process (our
>> >     windows standalone packages are based on OSGEO4W). This includes
>> using a
>> >     portion of the income donated to QGIS.org each year to support the
>> >     OSGEO4W project.
>> >
>> >     Since OSGEO4W plays such a central role in the OSGEO landscape we
>> would
>> >     like to ask you to 'adopt' the OSGEO4W project financially and also
>> help
>> >     with marshalling more contributors to the project so that it is not
>> a
>> >     'one man show' - which represents a vulnerability to the long term
>> >     prospects of this project. You can see these sentiments reflected
>> in the
>> >     budget request for supporting OSGEO4W in the OSGEO budget call. This
>> >     budget request represents 50% of the anticipated budget for funded
>> >     OSGEO4W work for 2020, with the remainder being funded by QGIS.org
>> for
>> >     the interim.
>> >
>> >     Regards
>> >
>> >     The QGIS team.
>> >     --
>> >     Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu <http://www.faunalia.eu>
>> >     QGIS.ORG <http://QGIS.ORG> Chair:
>> >     http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/
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>> >
>>
>> --
>> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
>> QGIS.ORG Chair:
>> http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/
>>
>
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