[Incubator] Motion: Accept pgRouting for incubation

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Forgot to edit the end date, the motion will be open for 2 weeks to 7 
November 2022.

On 10/24/22 19:13, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> Motion:
>
> Accept pgRouting into Incubation.
>
> See Incubation Questionaire at [1].
>
> The motion will be held open for 2 weeks to 28 October 2021.
>
> Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
> Bruce Bannerman
> Arnulf Christl
> Jo Cook
> Jody Garnett
> Dimitris Kotzinos
> Tom Kralidis
> Michael Smith
> Steve Lime
> Daniel Morissette
> Frank Warmerdam
> Angelos Tzotsos +1 initial motion
>
> Best regards,
>
> Angelos
>
> [1] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2784
>
> On 7/26/22 18:35, Vicky Vergara wrote:
>> Hello Incubator committee,
>>
>> We are making a formal request to the incubation committee to incubate
>> pgRouitng.
>> We have read the [1], [2] and [3] and we think that most of the points
>> as most, if not all, are already done for pgRouting.
>>
>> >From [1] pgROuting fulfils all the requirements to make the 
>> application:
>>
>>
>>     - geospatial: pgRouting is a library that helps solve geospatial
>>     problems, routing in particular.
>>     - open source license: pgRouting is under GPLv2 for the code, and CC
>>     BY-SA 3.0 for the documentation.
>>     - accepts contributions: pgRouting accepts contributions from
>>     documentation and bug fixes, up to creation of new functionality.
>>     - source code check, with source code audit: all of pgRouting's 
>> PR needs
>>     to be reviewed.
>>     - open community with transparent communication and decision making
>>     process: pgRouting has 2 mailing lists, a gitter chat and an IRC 
>> channel.
>>     - active and healthy community with user and developer 
>> collaboration,
>>     drawing members from several organizations for long term viability:
>>     pgRouting has this large range of contributors.
>>     - development supported by version control and issue tracker: 
>> pgRouting
>>     uses github.
>>     - developer leadership offering both transparent decision making 
>> and an
>>     opportunity for new members to participate: pgRouting uses the
>>     communication tools to promote this.
>>     - user documentation and developer documentation: pgRouting has both
>>     - release procedure covering both the release process and documented
>>     testing process: We have both, a procedure document, and the 
>> tests are
>>     carried out on github actions.
>>
>> In the next mail, the link to the questionnaire [2] on a trac ticket
>> will be given.
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> [1] https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/
>> [2] https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/application/
>> [3] https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/graduation_checklist.pdf
>>
>>
>>
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>
>

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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos