[Incubator] Proj4php community project

Wed Jul 20 15:08:22 PDT 2016

Hi Cameron,

I have followed your advice there :
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Proj4php_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist
And I will evaluate the impact for the 3.0 draft of the incubation
checklist you tells us about.

We got some homework now !
I will begin to add what is missing in our bug tracker.

Eventhough, I don't know if we really need a mailing list, because we got
an issue tracker already. What do you think of ?

Regards,
Julien.

P.S.: let me introduce you Nick B. in carbon copy.

Le 20 juil. 2016 10:29 PM, "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Hi Julien,
>
> You might want to look at the OSGeo-Live incubation page we have set up:
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist
>
> The OSGeo-Live project is not officially "in incubation", but that hasn't
> stopped us from working on addressing the incubation steps and answering
> the questions.
>
> Addressing these steps ensures that you are building a strong community
> project.
>
> You might also want to have a look at a proposed next version of the
> checklist:
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Graduation_Checklist
> On 20/07/2016 8:25 AM, Julien Moquet wrote:
>
> Hi Cameron,
>
> Thank you for your answer.
> I am totally agree, proj4php is a bit young (even after 7 years !).
> But somes continue to get interested on it.
>
> I am going to complete proj4php strategy to match your checklist !
> And as Jody tolds me, a first step will be to became a community project.
>
> I will keep incubator lists in touch.
>
> Regards,
> Julien.
>
>
> 2016-07-19 22:28 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi Julian,
>>
>> It sounds like proj4php has good foundations, and would be a candidate
>> for being an OSGeo project in a few years, but is still a bit young to be
>> ready for OSGeo Incubation.
>>
>> I suggest a better checklist to look at is the OSGeo Graduation
>> Checklist. This is what you would be aiming for if you wished to complete
>> graduation.
>>
>> http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/project_graduation_checklist.html
>>
>> Cheers, Cameron
>>
>> On 19/07/2016 6:40 AM, Julien Moquet wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jody,
>>
>> I really appreciate your help !
>>
>> However, it depends on what a mentor should be ! Does an osgeo member can
>> be a mentor ?
>> I eventually know Thomas Bonfort by the past. He is a committer and PSC
>> member of MapServer. I am going to ask him.
>>
>> By the way, I am starting to make proj4php as a community project !
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julien.
>>
>>
>> 2016-07-18 3:21 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett < <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> jody.garnett at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Thanks Julien - have been collecting some applications on the osgeo
>>> issue tracker for incubation. Curently it can be tricky to find a mentor
>>> for new projects (or in this case new to OSGeo proejcts) - did you have a
>>> mentor in mind?
>>>
>>> I would encourage you to apply as an OSGeo "community project
>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects>" - it is a
>>> faster way to be included in OSGeo (as it does not require finding a
>>> suitable mentor
>>>
>>> Aside: We really should revise this list of application questions -
>>> thinks like the question on "infrastructure" was from the time when OSGeo
>>> svn was considered more cool then source forge CVS for version control.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>> On 16 July 2016 at 05:33, Julien Moquet < <moquet.julien at gmail.com>
>>> moquet.julien at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear OSGeo members, Mr Garnett,
>>>>
>>>> As you may know, proj4php is an open source project, started in 2009,
>>>> and recently hosted on github : <https://github.com/proj4php/proj4php>
>>>> https://github.com/proj4php/proj4php
>>>> This is not a huge project, but we got a tiny community to be grown.
>>>>
>>>> In order to describe our project, here is answers for questions from
>>>> this page :
>>>> http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/application.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Please describe your Project.
>>>>
>>>> Proj4php is a php library for geographic coordinates transformation
>>>> using proj4 definitions
>>>>
>>>> > Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?
>>>>
>>>> Most of library using proj4 definitions are hosted at OSGeo. It gives
>>>> the project more sens for the users, and more visibility.
>>>>
>>>> > Type of application does this project represent(client, server,
>>>> standalone, library, etc.):
>>>>
>>>> library
>>>>
>>>> > Please describe any relationships to other open source projects.
>>>>
>>>> spatialreference.org as a source of defs
>>>>
>>>> > Please describe any relationships with commercial companies or
>>>> products.
>>>>
>>>> nop
>>>>
>>>> > Which open source license(s) will the source code be released under?
>>>>
>>>> LGPL 2
>>>>
>>>> > Is there already a beta or official release?
>>>>
>>>> The 1.0 stands for old releases (php under 5.2), and the 2.0 releases
>>>> are the latests.
>>>>
>>>> > What is the origin of your project (commercial, experimental, thesis
>>>> or other higher education, government, or some other source)?
>>>>
>>>> Proj4php gets its origin as I was stuck on delay on a php project with
>>>> strong hosting constraints. I translated proj4js in php, and set its source
>>>> code open the same night.
>>>> Then a little community started to grow. Winne27, nickolanack, judgej
>>>> made real good work on proj4php to develop it and help others to use it.
>>>>
>>>> > Does the project support open standards? Which ones and to what
>>>> extent? (OGC, w3c, ect.)
>>>>
>>>> nop
>>>>
>>>> > Has the software been certified to any standard (CITE for example)?
>>>> If not, is it the intention of the project owners to seek certification at
>>>> some point?
>>>>
>>>> nop
>>>>
>>>> > Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the
>>>> copyright?
>>>>
>>>> yes
>>>>
>>>> > How many people actively contribute (code, documentation, other?) to
>>>> the project at this time?
>>>>
>>>> We are 3 people to help others to fix their problems or answering
>>>> questions on proj4php.
>>>>
>>>> > How many people have commit access to the source code respository?
>>>>
>>>> 4
>>>>
>>>> > Approximately how many users are currently using this project?
>>>>
>>>> Github tells there is 48 unique cloners the last 14 days, and we got
>>>> about 1800 downloads the last 30 days on packagist.
>>>>
>>>> > What type of users does your project attract (government, commercial,
>>>> hobby, academic research, etc. )?
>>>>
>>>> I don't know
>>>>
>>>> > If you do not intend to host any portion of this project using the
>>>> OSGeo infrastructure, why should you be considered a member project of the
>>>> OSGeo Foundation?
>>>>
>>>> I don't understand the question !
>>>>
>>>> > Does the project include an automated build and test?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, we use Travis
>>>>
>>>> > What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc)
>>>>
>>>> PHP
>>>>
>>>> > What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French, Spanish,
>>>> German, etc) of the core developers?
>>>>
>>>> English, but I am personally French
>>>>
>>>> > What is the (estimated) size of a full release of this project? How
>>>> many users do you expect to download the project when it is released?
>>>>
>>>> about 200 ko ?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Julien Moquet
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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