[Incubator] Re: Geotools for Graduation - a couple of questions

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Wed Jul 9 00:16:16 EDT 2008


Jody,
I suggest you vote as you would normally, but note any bias or vested 
interest you may have.

Jody Garnett wrote:
> Quick question - should I be voting +0 since on this one as a member 
> of the GeoTools community?
> We may also want to considered if a raised bar is a good thing; or if 
> the GeoTools community is just doing a complete overkill?
>
> Jody
>
> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Try again (last email bounced) ....
>>
>> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>> OSGeo Incubation committee,
>>>
>>> I am delighted to report that the Geotools community have completed 
>>> an extraordinary, meticulous effort pushing geotools through 
>>> incubation and now have it ready for graduation.
>>>
>>> I have reviewed all the documentation and am satisfied that it comes 
>>> up to scratch and that geotools have addressed the incubation 
>>> provenance review criteria.
>>>
>>> By watching the Geotools community in action, and by the high 
>>> quality of their documented Software processes I think that Geotools 
>>> have raised the bar for OSGeo graduation criteria.
>>>
>>> I'm hopeful that we can vote Geotools through incubation before the 
>>> OSGeo board meet this Friday 11 July.
>>>
>>> The key documents for review are:
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoTools_Project_Status
>>> and
>>> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/GeoTools+Provenance+Review
>>>
>>>
>>> I will be doing a thin slice review of source code headers tomorrow 
>>> morning, but don't expect any issues there.
>>>
>>> Please vote: +1, 0, -1
>>>
>>
>>
>


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