[Incubator] Oskari Incubation Application

[Cameron Shorter]

I've just reviewed the Oskari application to join OSGeo, and I agree 
that the project looks to be an excellent candidate for OSGeo 
incubation, and look to have done so many things right already.

A few points:

* Arnulf, it seems you have added comments as a mentor? Have you already 
stepped up to mentor this project?

* The only glitch I can see with the project is that it only seems to be 
attracting community from government bodies from one nation. Is that by 
design? Is it due to the particular needs of Finish rules and 
regulations? I think the project would be much more robust if it were 
attracting deployments and contributions from multiple nations. I'd like 
to see some discussion on this topic. What are future goals? What are 
plans to achieve these goals?

* With regards to moving forward, there is nothing stopping projects 
from starting to move through the incubation process yourself. (We have 
been doing this for the OSGeo-Live project).

* In particular, if you wish to join the OSGeo-Live project, then you 
can approach OSGeo-Live team as per:

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#How_to_add_a_project_to_OSGeoLive

Warm regards,

Cameron Shorter


On 16/3/17 6:33 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
> I am going to try and updating my mail filters so I can get these 
> applications routed into the same folder as the incubation email. Trac 
> sends too many notifications so I only tend to catch these new 
> applications when we have a meeting (or someone sends me a personal 
> email).
>
> It does look like a neat project, a java stack sdi app, that looks to 
> be well under way.
>
> I am happy to have a hangout or similar, but we have issues getting 
> enough people to run a meeting (given the timezone differences). 
> Currently we are in a holding pattern, the limiting factor for 
> incubation is volunteer mentors (not projects applying).
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 15 March 2017 at 12:01, Arnulf Christl 
> <arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net 
> <mailto:arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>> wrote:
>
>     Folks,
>
>     somehow this has slipped our attention. Oskari has filled out the
>     incubation application form here:
>
>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oskari_Incubation_Application
>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oskari_Incubation_Application>
>
>     They also submitted a ticket:
>
>     https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1838
>     <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1838>
>
>     We never seem to have followed up?! They basically already went
>     through
>     the hard stuff (find all contributors, get license texts sorted out,
>     CLAs, decision taking, voting, etc.) and are waiting for us to
>     attend to
>     the process.
>
>     They still have an interesting questions regarding communication
>     which I
>     suggest should be discussed on this list because it is of common
>     interest. Specifically: Mailing lists.
>
>     To me it appear that this may be becoming a larger issue anyway
>     and the
>     Incubator is a good place to talk about this. Lately I am hearing more
>     and more comments like "Ugh, mailing lists are so 90s" and similar
>     when
>     giving workshops or talking about how to get involved with an Open
>     Source project in general. Mailing lists are often seen as this "old
>     Unix and hacker stuff". Not relevant anymore.
>
>     Thoughts?
>
>     Best regards,
>     Arnulf
>
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