[Incubator] Application to host Open Source Project "GeoStyler" as OSGeo Community Project

Jo Cook jocook at astuntechnology.com
Mon May 11 05:45:37 PDT 2020 

Hi Marc,

I should have checked your issue templates before responding- you've
already got that covered! I think a slight rewrite of the paragraph
would be helpful for new contributors though.

Jo

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 1:42 PM Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> My only comment would be about the following statement in your
> contributing guidelines, which I think could be clearer:
>
> -----------------------
> There is more than one way of contributing. If you have questions,
> topics to discuss or anything else that is related to the GeoStyler
> project, feel free to open an issue. If possible, please select an
> appropriate repository to open the issue. If your issue addresses a
> general topic of if you are unsure where to open it, this repository
> is the right one to choose.
> -----------------------
>
> Although you say there's more than one way to contribute- you only
> describe one way of doing it, which is to create an issue. You're also
> asking people (who might not be very confident) to decide which
> repository to create an issue in. I'm wondering if one way of making
> it less daunting for new users might be to create some issue templates
> for those scenarios, eg a "how do I do x?" template, and an "I have a
> general question" template? Then I'd just rewrite that paragraph a
> bit, something like:
>
> ----------------------------
> If you have questions, topics to discuss or anything else that is
> related to the GeoStyler project, feel free to open an issue, and
> we've created some issue templates to help you with that. If your
> issue addresses a general topic, or if you are unsure where to open
> it, this repository is the right one to choose. However, if your issue
> relates to something specific, please see if one of the other
> repositories [here] might be more appropriate.
> ------------------------------
>
> All the best
>
> Jo
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:01 AM Marc Jansen <jansen at terrestris.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > > What do you think?
> >
> > … of course input of Jody and others is meant here, please share your thoughts. See also the discussion on this PR: https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler/pull/1270
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > Am 11.05.20 um 11:39 schrieb Marc Jansen:
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > thanks for the feedback.
> >
> > I think a smaller contibuting-guide (with links etc.) might be a thing of the future, we will surely continuously improve on this thing. A paragraph on the fact that any provided work/code will become OSS can be added for sure. @Jan will you do this?
> >
> > We can also directly update the copyright string in the file headers as follows…
> >
> > Copyright (c) 2018-present, terrestris GmbH & Co. KG and GeoStyler contributors
> >
> > …that would most probably be easiest and most futureproof. If you advise so, I will gladly prepare such a change.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > Am 09.05.20 um 02:10 schrieb Jody Garnett:
> >
> > That looks great, and a very detailed CONTRIBUTING guide (with command line steps - I often just link to guides).
> >
> > For the CONTRIBUTING guide ... I recommend some indication that the result will be open source. The key "chain of accountability" we are seeking here is that folks adding to the project agree that the work they own is provided to the project using an open source license (or a CLA if you are into that) and that the project in turn is going to provide the result to the public using an open source license.
> >
> > On a related note the headers were all updated with:
> >
> >  * Copyright (c) 2018-present, terrestris GmbH & Co. KG
> >  * All rights reserved.
> >
> > Things to keep in mind:
> >
> > - For new files that other folks provide you keep in mind that it will have there copyright at the top and not terrestris.
> > - For files that others contribute to you can take a short cut and update your header to say "Copyright (c) 2018-present, terrestris GmbH & Co. KG, and others"
> >
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 05:50, Jan Suleiman <suleiman at terrestris.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> thanks for the infos, Jo, and thanks for setting the license headers, Marc! I just added the code of conduct and a contributing guide.
> >>
> >> See:
> >>
> >> - https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
> >>
> >> - https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >> Jan
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/7/20 10:36 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks for the review Jo,
> >>
> >> As this project is on GitHub I recommend contributing be covered by a CONTRIBUTING.md file (which is shown when folks make a pull request).
> >>
> >> When the project has addressed your points please make a motion to accept GeoStyler :)
> >> --
> >> Jody Garnett
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 7 May 2020 at 03:47, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Jan,
> >>>
> >>> Looking through the checklist- I can see a developer guide but not an
> >>> obvious contributing guide. I would consider contributions to
> >>> encompass small bug fixes (even documentation) so I think it would be
> >>> good to include something that explains how people can and should get
> >>> involved. Similarly I don't see a code of conduct.
> >>>
> >>> I don't see license headers on many pages- and while that may not be a
> >>> requirement of the BSD it helps for code transparency, particularly if
> >>> people end up on a GitHub page when searching.
> >>>
> >>> Hope that helps
> >>>
> >>> Jo
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 10:09 AM Jan Suleiman <suleiman at terrestris.de> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > Hi everyone,
> >>> >
> >>> > is there something we can do at the moment to simplify the decision
> >>> > making for you?
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > I hope you are all safe and well!
> >>> >
> >>> > Kind regards
> >>> >
> >>> > Jan
> >>> >
> >>> > On 3/25/20 5:46 PM, adams at osgeo.org wrote:
> >>> > > Dear Jan,
> >>> > >
> >>> > > just FYI: There is knowledge in our house, as Carmen did some work to
> >>> > > integrate actinia in OSGeo Live. But this is step after your discussion
> >>> > > n how ...
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Till
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Am 25.03.20 um 16:34 schrieb Jan Suleiman:
> >>> > >> Hi Cameron,
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> thank you very much for your reply. We are happy to hear that you see
> >>> > >> GeoStyler as a suitable project.
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Generally, we think including GeoStyler in OSGeoLive would be great.
> >>> > >> However, we first have to think about how we could include it, so that
> >>> > >> it actually makes sense (since GeoStyler is a collection of libraries in
> >>> > >> the first place).
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> We will discuss this with the community, to come up with a proper solution.
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Kind regards
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Jan
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> On 3/24/20 11:18 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> >>> > >>> Hi Jan,
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>> Sorry for the delayed response. I'm hoping one of the more active
> >>> > >>> members of the incubation committee would speak up.
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>> Assuming GeoStyler fits Jody's checklist (which it looks like it
> >>> > >>> does), I'm strongly in favour of including GeoStyler as an OSGeo
> >>> > >>> community project.
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>>  From what I can see, GeoStyler addresses a pain point that many of us
> >>> > >>> in the OSGeo community have faced at some point, and I'd love to see
> >>> > >>> it promoted and grow. In particular, I'd love to see GeoStyler
> >>> > >>> included in OSGeoLive, http://live.osgeo.org
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>> The application process
> >>> > >>> here:https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply
> >>> > >>> <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply>. Would
> >>> > >>> you be interested in joining OSGeoLive? (Note the ongoing commitment
> >>> > >>> required in questions).
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>> Cheers, Cameron
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>> On 19/3/20 3:19 am, Jan Suleiman wrote:
> >>> > >>>> Dear Incubation Committee,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> we would like to introduce our Open Source project "GeoStyler".
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> GeoStyler is an Open Source JavaScript library that enables users to
> >>> > >>>> style maps with the help of a Graphical User Interface.
> >>> > >>>> The goal of GeoStyler is a universally applicable GUI that works with
> >>> > >>>> any given style format; may it be SLD, QML, OpenLayers, etc.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> In order to achieve that goal, we follow a plugin-approach where so
> >>> > >>>> called "style-parsers" can be plugged into the UI. These style
> >>> > >>>> parsers work as a conversion tool to bidirectionally convert between
> >>> > >>>> any external style and our internal style format.
> >>> > >>>> As a positive side effect, we are able to convert from one external
> >>> > >>>> format to another one (e.g. from QML to SLD, etc.).
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> The GUI library is written in react but also provides browser builds
> >>> > >>>> to enable its usage outside of any react application.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> With thanks to currently 16 different contributors, we successfully
> >>> > >>>> maintain 15 repositories in our GitHub organisation, including the UI
> >>> > >>>> library and documentation, different style-parsers, data-parsers,
> >>> > >>>> type definitions, a demo application and a tutorial. The majority of
> >>> > >>>> these was also already published on NPM. On the OSGeo Bolsena Code
> >>> > >>>> Sprint 2019, a GeoServer Community Extension was written that
> >>> > >>>> integrates GeoStyler and allows the creation of styles within
> >>> > >>>> GeoServer by using our GUI.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> The GitHub organisation can be found here:
> >>> > >>>> https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler
> >>> > >>>> The Demo Application including links to Docs, GitHub and NPM can be
> >>> > >>>> found here: https://geostyler.org
> >>> > >>>> The GeoServer Plugin here:
> >>> > >>>> https://docs.geoserver.org/master/en/user/community/geostyler/index.html
> >>> > >>>> FOSS4G 2019 Talk:
> >>> > >>>> https://media.ccc.de/v/bucharest-204-geostyler-a-generic-graphical-style-editor-for-geodata
> >>> > >>>> FOSSGIS 2019 Talk (German):
> >>> > >>>> https://media.ccc.de/v/fossgis2019-478-geostyler-ein-generischer-grafischer-stileditor-fr-geodaten
> >>> > >>>> AGIT 2019 Talk (German): https://av.tib.eu/media/43048
> >>> > >>>> FOSSGIS 2020 Talk (German):
> >>> > >>>> https://media.ccc.de/v/fossgis2020-3027-neues-vom-geostyler
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> The licenses are BSD-2-Clause and we are very happy and eager to
> >>> > >>>> extend the list of contributors. Our first goal would be to be listed
> >>> > >>>> on the OSGeo webpage and in the long run to release GeoStyler as an
> >>> > >>>> OSGeo Community Project.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> In the future, we would like to provide additional style-parsers
> >>> > >>>> (e.g. for mapserver) and extend the UI library with additional
> >>> > >>>> components to further simplify styling maps.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> We are happy to receive your support, if there are any questions, we
> >>> > >>>> are happy to help!
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Kind regards
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Jan Suleiman
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>> --
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