[Incubator] OpenLayers graduation time

[Howard Butler]

Daniel,

It is true that OpenLayers had a private PSC list (of which I was  
subscribed to since OpenLayers applied for incubation), but the PSC  
has been working smoothly behind that closed list.  The major reason  
for the closed list was they had also been using it for sending  
password/uid requests to gain access to the infrastructure.  Release  
motions/votes are now on the main -dev list, and most other  
development activities and motions have always been on the -dev  
list.  The private PSC list was the major blocker holding up my  
motion for graduation.  Most discussions on the private PSC list were  
in fact about necessary activities for OSGeo graduation (mostly  
focussed on licensing), with the rest of the development-focussed  
activities being on the -dev list (except for release motions).  This  
has all moved to -dev.

I no longer see the private PSC list issue as a reason to hold up  
graduation, and I am satisfied that things are (and have been)  
working smoothly with regard to the PSC.  OpenLayer's PSC is quite  
diverse and most of OpenLayer's development momentum has been  
external to MetaCarta for some time.  I think the notion that FDO  
should sit tight for a bit on incubation is in relation to FDO  
continuing to have most of its development momentum come from ADSK  
and its growing into being an open development project.  OpenLayers  
has been operating under the assumptions of being an open development  
project for quite a while, and it has been constructing and  
constraining its processes and operations with OSGeo incubation in  
mind as more contributing organizations have become active in  
OpenLayers development.  OpenLayers is mature in this respect, in my  
opinion, but I defer to the committee on making the final decision  
whether or not to wait for a bit.  I don't think waiting will allow  
things to mature any more than they already are, however.

Howard

On Oct 18, 2007, at 12:11 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:

> Howard,
>
> One of the requirements for graduation that have been applied to  
> other projects is that the PSC has to operate smoothly and in an  
> open way (regular meetings, active and open discussions/votes on  
> public dev list, etc.). If I'm not mistaken, the OpenLayers PSC  
> used to work on a closed list and just started having its  
> discussions and votes in the open a couple of weeks ago.
>
> Can you please comment on that aspect of the PSC? I know that for  
> FDO a few committee members have told me that they'd like to see  
> the PSC and fdo-internal list run smoothly for a few more months  
> before FDO can aspire to graduate. Should the same requirement  
> apply to OpenLayers or do you feel that it already meets the  
> requirement for some reason (and if it does then please elaborate)?
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
> Howard Butler wrote:
>> All,
>> I would like to motion to graduate OpenLayers from incubation.   
>> OpenLayers has had the advantage of tailoring their governance,  
>> infrastructure, and licensing/provenance informed by the  
>> expectations of OSGeo incubation as the project has grown, and  
>> they have completed all required activities.
>> The OpenLayers Incubation Status document is available at:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OpenLayers_Incubation_Status
>> The OpenLayers Provenance Review is available at:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OpenLayers_Provenance_Review
>> OpenLayers meets all of the items on the Project Graduation  
>> Checklist (http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/ 
>> Project_Graduation_Checklist), it has a healthy developer and user  
>> community, a bus number greater than one (company, person, use  
>> case), and diverse project usage across all of the various  
>> programming language-specific camps within OSGeo.  I  
>> enthusiastically recommend OpenLayers for graduation.
>> Howard
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