[Incubator] OSGeo incubation

Fri Nov 9 18:01:24 PST 2012

As an endevour I can see a couple things needed for the OSGeo labs. 
- need to sort out a banner (pgRouting is happily using the normal OSGeo banner)

And yeah I think this could be our holding area while a project waits for an incubation mentor?

-- 
Jody Garnett

On Saturday, 10 November 2012 at 10:11 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:

> Landon,
> All information about OSGeo-Labs (that I'm aware of) has been summarised 
> into:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs
> 
> I'm +1 for having Landon take on the role of OSGeo-Labs mentor (or 
> however you'd like to define the role)
> 
> On 10/11/2012 10:05 AM, Landon Blake wrote:
> > Jody:
> > 
> > Have you gotten any more information on OSGeo Labs?
> > 
> > If not, I'd like to post a couple of questions to the discuss list. If
> > there isn't currently someone in charge of labs, I'd like to
> > volunteer. I can see my role as:
> > 
> > 1) Identifying which projects in Labs are still active and still
> > interested in incubation.
> > 2) Helping projects in Labs move into incubation.
> > 3) Working to build the support system and infrastructure for projects
> > in Labs, including upkeep of the Labs wiki page and maybe a more
> > formal web presence for labs.
> > 
> > I think all of the above tasks should be coordinated with the
> > incubation committee, of course.
> > 
> > One of the main reasons for my interest is because I have a couple
> > little projects I would like to get into OSGeo Labs.
> > 
> > Any comments?
> > 
> > Landon
> > 
> > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Landon Blake
> > <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com (mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > Glad I'm not the only one that is confused.
> > > 
> > > I note there isn't a mailing list link here:
> > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs
> > > 
> > > I also didn't see one listed on the mailing list server.
> > > 
> > > Landon
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com (mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > > I am not sure - which is why I asked the list :-)
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > Jody Garnett
> > > > 
> > > > On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 1:55 AM, Landon Blake wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Can anyone comment on the relationship between OSGeo Incubation and
> > > > OSGeo Labs? Who administers the OSGeo Labs? Where should a new project
> > > > looking to participate in OSGeo go first?
> > > > 
> > > > Landon
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com (mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com)>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Excellent question:
> > > > 
> > > > You open a ticket, there is also a questionnaire (which is where the content
> > > > of that ticket comes from).
> > > > 
> > > > Before a project leaves graduation we try and make sure it has a diverse
> > > > committer list (i.e. more then one developer / organisation). We have just
> > > > seen too many cool projects be hung up on a shelf :( So having only one
> > > > developer now, makes it hard to attract a mentor.
> > > > 
> > > > We also have an OSGeo Lab thing for smaller / starting projects but I do not
> > > > know much about it. I will CC the incubation list and we can ask for more
> > > > information on that one.
> > > > 
> > > > All the best and bald you enjoyed the slides.
> > > > --
> > > > Jody Garnett
> > > > 
> > > > On Wednesday, 31 October 2012 at 5:57 AM, Peter Karich wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Jody,
> > > > 
> > > > what is the normal process to request incubation of a project?
> > > > I read your slides yesterday and have the feeling that OSGeo could be a nice
> > > > fit for my project at http://graphhopper.com which needs some more
> > > > developers/community :)
> > > > What other benefits would you see or wouldn't you say that it fits? And is
> > > > one developer sufficient?
> > > > Do I just need to open a ticket ala http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/147
> > > > and hope :) ?
> > > > 
> > > > Kind Regards,
> > > > Peter.
> > > > 
> > > > Attachments:
> > > > - smime.p7s
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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