[Incubator] dated project badges

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jody,

Interesting ideas.  I'm not sure how much pull getting a newer badge
would have.

Also, in theory at least, projects were supposed to have put in place
processes so that an overall code provenance review should not be
needed.  However, I can see value in a "project spot check" that is
like a very quick incubation review to see that things still seem to be on
track, provenance issues seem to be handled reasonably, etc.

However, I'm personally of the opinion that we should first focus on
our regular incubation responsibilities before getting to excited about
post-graduation check ups.

Best regards,
Frank

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have given a bit of thought to our two most popular requests around here:
> a) why have the projects stalled and what can we do to get them moving?
> b) why are we not checking up on graduated projects?
> And have arrived at an interesting idea; putting a year on our "badges" we
> hand out.
> Example: For the GeoServer project we have entered into incubation in 2009;
> badge shown below.
> This can be done both for projects in incubation; and for projects that have
> already graduated. To receive a badge with this years date a project can
> update its code providence review (to cover new additions).
> Example: For the GeoTools project we have been good about asking new module
> to fill in the same code providence review checklist that was established
> during the incubation process. With that in mind we could attach it to our
> annual report for the board and get a "OSGeo Project" badge with 2009-20011
> on it.
> What do you guys think? It is less harsh than my earlier idea of removing
> incubation projects from the main OSGeo page. The idea of badges places a
> social pressure on projects to graduate; and to keep their information
> current (if the annual report attachment idea is a good one).
> I could not add attachments to this email so I have created the following
> wiki page for the idea:
> * http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Badges
> Jody
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