[Incubator] [rasdaman-users] Re: [rasdaman-dev] rasdaman incubation

[Peter Baumann]

<peace>
Cameron-

not sure where the issue is, both the OSGeo and the rasdaman endeavour (like 
probably all others) are sitting in the same boat:
- both have a high ideals of engineering quality
- both have relatively complex procedures which need to be transparent, open, 
according to modern project management principles, and documented
- both are limited in resources, often depending on volunteer work (note: you 
may say: "but you have a paid job, Peter" - but that's meant for a 40h week; the 
other 40h per week are not covered, so I am most happy if they don't expand into 
42 or so; I'm sure that quite some people in OSGeo land share this situation)
- people in both endeavours have accepted that this will take extra time, and
- both are striving for a balance, a distribution of concerns which makes life 
an efficient experience for the other side.

So again, IMHO OSGeo and rasdaman are confronted with similar challenges, are 
pursuing continuous process improvement, and are striving to serve community in 
the best possible way.

-Peter
</peace>


On 06/19/2014 12:00 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> On 18/06/2014 9:58 pm, Peter Baumann wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm personally very short on volunteer time and would rather spend that on 
>>> working through Rasdaman graduation issues. I have no doubt that I'm not the 
>>> only person in this position.
>>
>> same here - incubation is consuming substantial effort in addition to all our 
>> obligations. Hence, we are interested in converging in a way that is 
>> efficient for all sides.
> <rant>
> Peter,
> Developing quality software, proprietary or open source, is time consuming, 
> with lots of little details being fixed for seemingly little gain. Not just 
> writing quality software, but also publicly publishing how you are writing 
> quality software.
> OSGeo's incubation provides a recognised mark of quality, and consequently 
> requires a significant amount of time. Moving from version 1 to version 2 of 
> our incubation checklist is part of OSGeo's commitment to quality - ensuring 
> OSGeo is continually improving.
> So basically if a project is looking for OSGeo's branding of quality, the 
> project is also needing to sign up for the time consuming and nit-picking 
> requirements of providing and demonstrating a commitment to quality.
> </rant>
>

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