[OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure

Angelos Tzotsos gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com
Thu Mar 5 14:53:41 PST 2015


Hi,

For pycsw, we started code review discussion during FOSS4G 2014 Code 
Sprint, but the actual review happened within 2-3 weeks.

Best,
Angelos

On 03/06/2015 12:19 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> I completely understand Daniel, I think a "star" belittles the amount of
> work (and operational change) involved in meeting OSGeo's requirements.
>
> If it helps I am not talking about diluting incubation, instead opening up
> to more projects (by forgoing the requirement to have a mentor). All
> projects in incubation would be operating against the same graduation
> checklist.
>
> All of the projects in incubation currently have made significant progress,
> most are just waiting on a "sprint" or "sponsor" to grind through their
> code review.  I wonder if pycsw could share how long their code review took?
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 5 March 2015 at 11:57, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure I like diluting the "Incubated Project" status by turning it
>> into a star rating in which incubated and non-incubated projects are mixed.
>>
>> Incubated projects have taken steps to review their code and adjust their
>> way to operate to meet several requirements, and just a set of stars do not
>> relay that properly to the outside world.
>>
>> That being said, I have no alternative name to offer for the "OSGeo Labs"
>> pre-incubation status at the moment, so I'll stay out of the debate.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> On 2015-03-05 5:52 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>>
>>> Or you’re saying you want to address this with the stars system? So 1
>>> star for existing labs projects for instance?
>>>
>>> Jody, as chair of the incubation committee, what’s your take on this?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Bart
>>>
>>>   On 05 Mar 2015, at 11:51, Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl
>>>> <mailto:bartvde at osgis.nl>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don’t think you can put projects that have gone through incubation
>>>> and the projects that still have to incubate at the same level. But
>>>> that’s my opinion only.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Bart
>>>>
>>>>   On 05 Mar 2015, at 11:18, Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you are trying to find a term for something, I would like to
>>>>> get rid of. "OSGeo Project" is, what I would like to achieve for both
>>>>> - today's projects and labs together under one hat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or anybody thinks completely different?
>>>>>
>>>>> Just my $.02
>>>>> J
>>>>>
>>>>> čt 5. 3. 2015 v 9:08 odesílatel Suchith Anand
>>>>> <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>> <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> napsal:
>>>>>
>>>>>      Yes, i think "Incubator Projects" is an appropriate name for this.
>>>>>
>>>>>      Vaclav - Is this ok for you?
>>>>>
>>>>>      Suchith
>>>>>      __________________________________________
>>>>>      From: Bart van den Eijnden [bartvde at osgis.nl
>>>>>      <mailto:bartvde at osgis.nl>]
>>>>>      Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 7:34 AM
>>>>>      To: Vaclav Petras
>>>>>      Cc: Suchith Anand; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>      <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>>>      Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure
>>>>>
>>>>>      I agree Community Projects is a confusing name.
>>>>>
>>>>>      What about incubator projects? That’s the term that Apache uses.
>>>>>
>>>>>      http://incubator.apache.org <http://incubator.apache.org/>
>>>>>
>>>>>      Best regards,
>>>>>      Bart
>>>>>
>>>>>      On 04 Mar 2015, at 23:25, Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus at gmail.com
>>>>>      <mailto:wenzeslaus at gmail.com><mailto:w__enzeslaus at gmail.com
>>>>>      <mailto:wenzeslaus at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>      On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Suchith Anand
>>>>>      <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.__uk
>>>>>      <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at __
>>>>> nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>      <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>> wrote:
>>>>>      Thanks Jeff.
>>>>>
>>>>>      Though we had lots of discussions afterwards and continuing on
>>>>>      this , we couldnt find any solution till now. So this might be a
>>>>>      good opportunity  to modify the Incubation's "labs" term, to
>>>>>      something like "Community Projects" to avoid confusion if that is
>>>>>      acceptable to Vaclav, Jachym and others. Many thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>      Well, I'm not particularly fond of "Community Projects" as a
>>>>>      name. Even mature FOSS projects are community projects in one way
>>>>>      or the other. Unfortunately, I don't have other suggestion.
>>>>>
>>>>>      Vaclav
>>>>>
>>>>>      Suchith
>>>>>
>>>>>      __________________________________________
>>>>>      From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.__org
>>>>>      <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at __
>>>>> lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>      <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>>
>>>>>      [discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.__org
>>>>>      <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at __
>>>>> lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>      <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>>] On Behalf Of Jeff
>>>>>      McKenna [jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>>>>>      <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>__<mailto:jmckenna at __
>>>>> gatewaygeomatics.com
>>>>>      <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>]
>>>>>      Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 2:26 PM
>>>>>      To: discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>      <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><__mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>      <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>__>
>>>>>      Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure
>>>>>
>>>>>      (we are approaching 2 full years that this "labs" naming has been an
>>>>>      issue and discussed[1])
>>>>>
>>>>>      Today, knowing how ingrained the term 'lab' is in the GeoForAll
>>>>>      education network, maybe Jachym is correct that it is a good time to
>>>>>      modify the Incubation's "labs" term, to something like "Community
>>>>>      Projects".
>>>>>
>>>>>      [1]
>>>>>      http://lists.osgeo.org/__pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2013-
>>>>> __June/000134.html
>>>>>      <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2013-
>>>>> June/000134.html>
>>>>>
>>>>>      -jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>      On 2015-03-03 3:42 AM, Suchith Anand wrote:
>>>>>      > Vaclav,
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > Please accept my sincere apologies as it was my mistake that i
>>>>>      did not think on this  when we started the ICA-OSGeo Labs
>>>>>      initiative (so many things were going on at that time!).
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > In universities, we generally use the "Labs" term to refer to
>>>>>      infrastructure/people/__facilities for a particular subject. For
>>>>>      example Botany Lab, Robotics Lab etc. And we wanted to make sure
>>>>>      there is a dedicated Open Source Geospatial Lab in universities
>>>>>      worldwide  (which includes bringing together people from various
>>>>>      disciplines, infrastructure (the physical space) and facilities
>>>>>      to make this happen. Also it is easier to make use of the same
>>>>>      terminology/structure of "Labs" which is widely used in the
>>>>>      university environment to get academics start the initiative in
>>>>>      their respective universities (also it is easier for them to
>>>>>      convince their higher management on a structure that is known to
>>>>>      them than reinvent a new term for this) .
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > So it will very helpful for us if you can make use of new
>>>>>      "OSGeo-projects" and metioned star (or similar) rating system for
>>>>>      the incubation as then there is no confusion in the future. Many
>>>>>      thanks for your consideration.
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > Best wishes,
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > Suchith
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > __________________________________________
>>>>>      > From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.__org
>>>>>      <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at __
>>>>> lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>      <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>>
>>>>>      [discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.__org
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>>>>>      <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>>] On Behalf Of Jachym
>>>>>      Cepicky [jachym.cepicky at gmail.com
>>>>>      <mailto:jachym.cepicky at gmail.com><__mailto:jachym.cepicky at gmail.
>>>>> __com
>>>>>      <mailto:jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>>]
>>>>>      > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 7:27 AM
>>>>>      > To: Vaclav Petras
>>>>>      > Cc: OSGeo Discussions; incubator at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>      <mailto:incubator at lists.osgeo.org><__mailto:incubator at lists.osgeo.
>>>>> __org
>>>>>      <mailto:incubator at lists.osgeo.org>>
>>>>>      > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > Vašku,
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > just side note: yes, whith the new "Labs" initiative
>>>>>      "OSGeo-Labs" have to change their name.
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > My idea would rather be to get rid of current OSGeo- "labs" and
>>>>>      "projects" and start with new "OSGeo-projects" and metioned star
>>>>>      (or similar) rating system.
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > Than for current OSGeo-Labs "OSGeo-project level 1" would make
>>>>>      it (or similar)
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > Jachym
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > po 2. 3. 2015 v 18:33 odesílatel Vaclav Petras
>>>>>      <wenzeslaus at gmail.com
>>>>>      <mailto:wenzeslaus at gmail.com><mailto:w__enzeslaus at gmail.com
>>>>>      <mailto:wenzeslaus at gmail.com>><mailto:we__nzeslaus at gmail.com
>>>>>      <mailto:wenzeslaus at gmail.com><mailto:wenz__eslaus at gmail.com
>>>>>      <mailto:wenzeslaus at gmail.com>>>> napsal:
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Jachym Cepicky
>>>>>      <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com
>>>>>      <mailto:jachym.cepicky at gmail.com><__mailto:jachym.cepicky at gmail.
>>>>> __com
>>>>>      <mailto:jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>><mailto:jachym.cepicky at __
>>>>> gmail.com
>>>>>      <mailto:jachym.cepicky at gmail.com><mailto:jachym.__cepicky at gmail.com
>>>>>      <mailto:jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
>>>>>      > former "OSGeo Labs" (now it has no name is slowly forgotten in
>>>>>      past, but you can find more at
>>>>>      http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/__OSGeo_Labs
>>>>>      <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs>)
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > Hi Jachym,
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > do you think that with the renewal you can replace the name
>>>>>      "OSGeo Labs" by something else? Now we have also ISPRS-ICA-OSGeo
>>>>>      Research and Educational laboratories which might be often
>>>>>      shortened to OSGeo Labs, although I prefer OSGeoRELs for writing.
>>>>>      The mainling list is ica-osgeo-labs. Put perhaps it is not such
>>>>>      an issue since the term "Geo for All" (http://www.geoforall.org/)
>>>>>      is now used more and more (well, the linked website as OSGeo Labs
>>>>>      in the title element).
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > Thanks for taking this into consideration,
>>>>>      > Vaclav
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      >
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