[Incubator] MDAL OSGeo Community Project Application Request

Mon Dec 7 17:32:09 PST 2020

Oh great, thanks for pointing that out! I did not see that when I
scanned the README.md. I did find something similar in the user manual.

We can keep the vote open for a bit longer, note my vote was a +1 - I just
had some questions I should of asked earlier.
--
Jody Garnett

On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 03:12, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:

> Hi Jody,
>
> There's a statement on contributing in the readme at
> https://github.com/lutraconsulting/MDAL/blob/master/README.md- I felt
> it was clear enough?
>
> Ideally my vote should close today, but we don't have a quorum so
> shall we just keep it open for another fortnight or do you want to
> make a separate CONTRIBUTING.md file a condition of acceptance?
>
> Jo
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 6:51 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I see that Jo made a motion, but I did find a review handy ...
> >
> > Grabbing the checklist from here, and checking project repository:
> >
> > 1. Be geospatial
> >
> > Confirm by checking README or project description
> > project page on the osgeo website
> > We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an OSGeo Live
> quickstart
> >
> > README (https://github.com/lutraconsulting/MDAL/blob/master/README.md)
> looks good.
> >
> > Website page (https://www.osgeo.org/projects/mdal/) looks good, ideally
> the logo is on a white background so it shows up like on other pages.  If
> there is a screen snap or something (you mentioned use in QGIS) it really
> helps the page communicate the project working with meteorology and
> hydrology data.
> >
> > The page links to documentation (https://www.mdal.xyz) but I do not see
> a quickstart on using the library. I was looking forward to seeing some C++
> code, I even hunted around in the tutorials (
> https://www.mdal.xyz/tutorials/index.html). The README had some tips on
> building but not using the library.
> >
> > 2. Have a free license or an open source license.
> >
> > The license must be OSI approved
> > We ask that the project team check the file headers and double check the
> license has been appropriately applied
> >
> >
> > Nice clear MIT LICENSE (
> https://github.com/lutraconsulting/MDAL/blob/master/LICENSE).
> >
> > Do you have a record of checking the headers somewhere? Looking at the
> codebase myself everything seemed good. But the idea is the project team
> checks ...
> >
> > 3. Welcome participation and new contributors.
> >
> > We look for a clear contribution policy
> > We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a
> history of bug report or pull requests
> > Projects are required to have a code of conduct
> >
> >
> > I do not see a CONTRIBUTING.md file.
> > Digging deeper the manual has something on community (
> https://www.mdal.xyz/community.html) with a section covering development
> and welcoming pull requests. A CONTRIBUTING.md file is still recommended as
> the project is hosted on GitHub.
> > - As an example the project contains a list of AUTHORS (
> https://github.com/lutraconsulting/MDAL/blob/master/AUTHORS)  is this
> file updated when accepting a PR from a new contributor?
> > - Does they new contributor add their copyright to the header when
> updating a file?
> > - How about when a contributor is adding a new file ...
> >
> > Nice clear pull request history. are they all from Vincent Cloarec? Who
> may be from an external organization? Checking commit history to try and
> answer this question, other authors are committing directly on a very
> active codebase.
> >
> > Nice clear code of conduct.
> >
> > So I am soft +1 on this one:
> > - I see nothing missing - it looks to be an interesting active project :)
> > - would like to double check that the team checked headers
> > - ask that the team pick up their section from the user manual into a
> CONTIRBUTING.md, and perhaps add to it over time
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 at 23:24, Peter Petrik <
> peter.petrik at lutraconsulting.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> We would like to proceed with the application process for MDAL but
> haven't received any updates for a few months. Is there anything we can do
> to continue with the process?
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 8:46 AM Peter Petrik <
> peter.petrik at lutraconsulting.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> any update on the reviewing the application? Are any steps needed from
> our side?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Peter
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:56 PM Peter Petrik <
> peter.petrik at lutraconsulting.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> the mdal-developer mailing list is completed, thank you for
> assistance.
> >>>> Are there some regular incubator committee meetings where you discuss
> applications?
> >>>>
> >>>> Peter
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 8:40 AM Peter Petrik <
> peter.petrik at lutraconsulting.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi OSGeo!,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We have been working with Jody (thanks!) on preparing the
> application of MDAL for OSGeo Community Project, see
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2020-September/039048.html
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I believe the page https://www.osgeo.org/projects/mdal/ is
> finished, and I also submitted request for a MDAL-Development mail list
> (ongoing https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2509#ticket)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We would like to kindly ask the committee to review our application
> and let us know the next steps.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Kind regards,
> >>>>> Peter for MDAL team
> >>>>> https://www.mdal.xyz
> >>>>>
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