[Incubator] The Open Data Cube as an OSGeo Project

Alex Leith alexgleith at gmail.com
Tue Oct 22 14:43:18 PDT 2019


Thanks heaps, Jody!

So, what's the next steps in the process in terms of becoming an OSGeo
Project? Should we progress through being a community project first?

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 06:41, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> That looks great, web page now published -
> https://www.osgeo.org/projects/open-data-cube/
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Sun, 20 Oct 2019 at 20:13, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Jody
>>
>> I've replaced the logo with our blue one on the white background.
>>
>> And I've updated all those sections on the right hand side, sorry I
>> missed them the first time around!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 at 16:44, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey great! Let me look:
>>>
>>> - Well this is tricky, I am supposed to ask you to use the white tile
>>> background (template_tile.png
>>> <https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/template_tile.png>) but if
>>> your logo is white we will have a polar bear in a snowstorm... Q: Do you
>>> have a color logo?
>>> - looks good with end-user and developer resources
>>> - twitter! you are the first project with social media presence in a
>>> while :)
>>> - Can I ask you to fill in *Project Types, Topic, *Level 1, Level 2,
>>> Standards, Development
>>>
>>> Filling in the project type and so on helps your project show up in the
>>> list of projects and in the choose-a-project
>>> <http://osgeo.org/choose-a-project/> pages correct.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 18:24, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Jody
>>>>
>>>> I've drafted the project webpage, here:
>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/?post_type=project&p=11793&preview=true
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if you have any feedback on what is up there so far.
>>>>
>>>> Also note that we have included a CONTRIBUTING.md file and the full
>>>> Apache 2.0 license file as you've recommended, and these are now visible in
>>>> the GitHub repo at https://github.com/opendatacube/datacube-core.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 at 21:14, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That is great, once the webpage is up let's go over the "osgeo
>>>>> community" requirements :)
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 at 13:33, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey Jody
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for this, I'll look into adding the full Apache license and a
>>>>>> CONTRIBUTING.md file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My osgeo userid is alexgleith. I'll add a page in the next couple of
>>>>>> weeks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 at 13:23, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is great Alex, let me quickly go through our checklist:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) Geospatial
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://github.com/opendatacube/datacube-core/blob/develop/README.rst
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "gridded data analysis" <-- very geospatial :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) open source
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://github.com/opendatacube/datacube-core/blob/develop/LICENSE
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would recommend using the entire Apache License here (the text you
>>>>>>> have is usually for a header). If you use the whole license GitHub can
>>>>>>> track what is going on and recommendation you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is a wizard ... also making it mark-down is good for
>>>>>>> readability.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So +1 here, just a tip :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3) open to participants
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can see some pull requests
>>>>>>> https://github.com/opendatacube/datacube-core/pulls
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would recommend a CONTRIBUTING.md file as that is shown to
>>>>>>> potential contributors when they open a pull request.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 4) bonus
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Really cool you have a code of conduct - right on!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So yeah with that in mind let's get you setup on the osgeo website.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 at 14:43, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey Folks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Open Data Cube is an open source software project that
>>>>>>>> facilitates working with large volumes of raster data, see:
>>>>>>>> https://www.opendatacube.org/.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We have a strong family of software projects hosted on GitHub at
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/opendatacube/, and the main project is
>>>>>>>> available here: https://github.com/opendatacube/datacube-core.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, I'm hoping to start the conversation here and to identify next
>>>>>>>> steps that we can take to include the Open Data Cube in the OSGeo family!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Alex Leith
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Alex Leith
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>>>>>
>>>>
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>> Alex Leith
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