[Incubator] seang on "How Rigorous is OSGeo Software Incubation?"

[Cameron Shorter]

Sean does make some good points.
1. That we have graduated a project without having a track record of 
using an issue tracker.  I work with Process Improvement using CMMI 
where it is specified that a process is not "institutionised" until it 
has been in use for 6 months.

2. We graduated Mapbender despite it seeming to have the significant 
majority of it's developers being funded by one organisation (which I 
believe is a contributing factor to 1.).

I voted for graduating Mapbender and probably did so prematurely. I 
don't think we should be reversing our decisions but I think Sean's 
points are valid and should be considered for future projects.

Jo Walsh wrote:
> dear incubators,
> 
> Sean Gillies' blog is one of the very few that I regularly read.
> http://zcologia.com/news/218 is a pretty thought provoking essay
> covering his concerns about the rigour of the incubation process,
> urging OSGeo to "raise the bar" before too many of the founding
> projects are graduated. Sean asks for feedback on his blog:
> "How about it, incubator committee?" (cage fight, anyone? ;) )
> 
> best wishes!
> 
> 
> jo 
> 
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