[Incubator] Mapbuilder name

[Cameron Shorter]

Oops, I meant to send this to the mapbuilder email list.

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Looks like we should requiest a name from the OSGeo group.
> 
> Should we call ourselves "mapbuilder" or "communitymapbuilder"?
> Note: our website is currently http://communitymapbuilder.org
> 
> Daniel Brookshier wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jody,
>>
>> Looking at your page, one thing you need to do since you are still  
>> working with geotools is go ahead and request a project by that name.  
>> That goes for all projects about to enter incubation.
>>
>> Note that the project name 'should' reflect the project's name, but  
>> not necessarily exactly. We are limited to alphanumeric and the dash  
>> character.
>>
>> When a project is fist created, it is private. Only the domain admin  
>> can see them. The domain admin approves this first stage. At this  
>> time I will mark the project as being in incubation.
>>
>> At any point, the requester can edit the project. Before approval, no  
>> one can be added to the project. After it is approved, the project is  
>> available for joining.
>>
>> Right now, the only projects we have open are mapguide and mapbender.
>>
>>
>>
>> Daniel Brookshier
>> Community Manager
>> Office: 972-422-5261
>> Cell: 214-207-6614
>>
>>
>> On Mar 12, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Team,
>>>
>>> So we are one of the first projects to try the incubation ride, and  
>>> I am taking notes here:
>>> - http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/GeoTools_Incubation_Progress
>>>
>>> We have not gotten a great deal of direction yet, and the hope is  by 
>>> record the process we followed later projects
>>> can have a helping hand.
>>>
>>> On the above page you will see the beginnings of a plan for an IP  
>>> check. The first step is to arrive at a list of
>>> names. This will be handled module by module and will be the  
>>> responsibility of the current module maintainer.
>>>
>>> We have a couple of train wrecks (like module/main) where  
>>> responsibility will be handled by package according
>>> to who is babysitting the bugs currently.
>>>
>>> We can talk about this on Monday's meeting.
>>>
>>> I am going to single out a couple people who have not been at a  
>>> meeting for a while, and who we will need help from
>>> to get through this.
>>> - James can you review the page, we need some tales from the early  days
>>> - Ruben we needs some checks on the user documentation
>>>
>>> I have not yet marked down who does each and every module, so  please 
>>> feel free to help out and edit that page. If this is a trouble
>>> we can set aside a page on confluence.
>>>
>>> I don't believe the thing they need us to sign is sorted quite yet,  
>>> getting a list together will take some time and I would rather  start 
>>> in on this early.
>>> Jody
>>>
>>>
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