[Incubator] Application for Community Project Status for the mappyfile project

[Seth G]

Hi all,

I'd like to apply for OSGeo Community Project status for the mappyfile project. mappyfile is a Python library to create, parse, modify, and format MapServer Mapfiles.

It has been around for 3 years, with continuous development and contributions, and is used as a library in several public projects (see [1]), and many more non-public projects. It was first presented at FOSS4G-Europe (Paris) in 2017 (see slides at [2]). I've gone through the criteria listed on the OSGeo site [3] and added links and details below:

- Be geospatial

  - mappyfile is a Python parser for working with MapServer MapFiles
  - User docs at https://mappyfile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
  - ReadMe at https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/README.rst
  - Is included in OSGeoLive (see [4])
  - Is included in ubuntugis-stable (package archive) [5]
  - I've created a draft project page on https://www.osgeo.org/ - see [6]
  
- Have a free licence or an open source licence

  - Uses the MIT Licence: https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/LICENSE
  - I'm unsure if each individual .py file requires a copyright header
  
- Welcome participation and new contributors. 

  - Has a small community of contributors see: https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/graphs/contributors
  - Has a contribution policy: https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
  - Has a code of conduct: https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md

I'm happy to answer any questions on the project, and please let me know what other criteria need to be met to apply for community project status (as noted above I'm unsure if each individual file requires a copyright header). 

Regards,

Seth

[1] https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/network/dependents
[2] https://github.com/geographika/mappyfile/blob/master/docs/_static/foss4ge2017_mappyfile_sgirvin.pdf
[3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects#Qualifying_As_An_OSGeo_Community_Project
[4] https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/commit/2df427d7744fc2adc0e9889af7a8f6c80dd9c11b
[5] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
[6] https://www.osgeo.org/?post_type=project&p=12880&preview=true
 

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