[Incubator] cleaning house

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 02:35:13PM +0100, Arnulf Christl (WhereGroup) wrote:
> 
> On Sun, October 25, 2009 13:11, Jody Garnett wrote:
> > Really? Infrastructure was always mentioned as optional to me.
> 
> I was unclear. I meant to say that projects make an effort to tie into the
> communication ('infrastructure') of OSGeo. To me this includes using the
> OSGeo Wiki for persistent, easily accessible information with full
> history. Keeping this information on hard and software outside of the
> control of OSGeo feels incorrect.

Note that some projects (OpenLayers, for example), do not do this in any
way that I'm aware of.

-- Chris

> > I am
> > more interested in marketing / branding opportunities.
> >
> > I agree that things need to be kept up to date; is this something we
> > could ask for in the annual report projects make to the board?
> 
> Yes, definitely. This is approved policy but not well enforced.
> 
> > It is also
> > not clear to me if the marketing committee will collect new flyer
> 
> "It is expected" that projects maintain minimal information on the info
> sheet of the main web site at http://www.osgeo.org/<project-name> as for
> example here:
> http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver
> 
> > information from the projects or if the incubation committee is expected
> > to play this role.
> 
> It is in the interest of the projects to provide this information. Failing
> to do so should result in the projects being removed from the website.
> This is not yet official policy but I am inclined to make a motion on that
> behalf.
> 
> The incubation committee will in future have to address maintenance of
> graduated projects. (I bring this topic up every few months. One day
> someone will hopefully pick it up and discuss these ideas here).
> 
> Arnulf.
> 
> > Jody
> >
> >
> > On 25/10/2009, at 10:20 PM, Arnulf Christl (WhereGroup) wrote:
> >
> >
> >> One core thing about incubation is to get people use OSGeo
> >> infrastructure as it will enhance inter project communication and provide
> >> more transparency. The overhead in creating an OSGeo Wiki account is
> >> sort of not so big.
> >>
> >> I still think that it is a good idea to ask of projects that they
> >> maintain their incubation status page up to date on a regular basis and
> >> that they also update the code provenance page. It is not asking too
> >> much.
> >>
> >> Regards, Arnulf.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, October 25, 2009 08:51, Jody Garnett wrote:
> >>
> >>> One objection. The people who need to fill in the information usually
> >>>  have their own wiki and permissions and taking things out to our
> >>> wiki significantly limits the volunteer effort that can be brought to
> >>> work.
> >>>
> >>> We need to read it. Not write it.
> >>> (we could take a PDF of the result)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jody
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 25/10/2009, at 12:05 PM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, October 9, 2009 00:44, Jody Garnett wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Looking at the list here:
> >>>>> -
> >>>>> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&statu
> >>>>> s=re ope
> >>>>> ned&component=Incubator&keywords=~application&order=priority
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It looks like PostGIS application is still open?
> >>>>> - http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/349
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jody
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I was sure to have updated that ticket - I must have screwed up
> >>>> somewhere. Fixed now.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I suggest to have incubating projects work more in the OSGeo Wiki
> >>>> like previous incubations did (see for example GRASS and Mapbender
> >>>> status and code provenance reviews). It makes it easier for the
> >>>> broader community to follow and we get regular feedback.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any objections?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Arnulf
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> 
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Christopher Schmidt
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