[Incubator] QField as OSGeo Project

Wed Apr 19 14:53:44 PDT 2023

Hi Jody, thanks a lot.
My answers are inline.
What do we need to do next to become a community project?
Cheers Marco

On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 at 05:48, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Indeed it went out successfully; I was hopeful that other members could
> help you - but I am happy to do so now. Sorry I thought your page at least
> was published and was anticipating reviewing your source code repository
> and so on in order to nominate you for the osgeo community program as per
> your initial request.
>
> Here is the checklist
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Supporting_project_teams>
> for website listing:
>
> To be listed on the OSGeo website:
>
> 1. Be geospatial
>
> - Confirm by checking README or project description
>
> https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/README.md
> - spatial front and centre - there is even a map :)
>
> 2. Have a free license or open source license
> - The license must be OSI approved
>
> https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/LICENSE
> - GPL 2.0 is free software
>
> 3. Welcome participation and new contributors.
> - We look for a clear contribution policy
>
> https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
> - present and accounted for
>
>
> And for the website page https://www.osgeo.org/projects/qfield/ ‎
>
> Modifications / recommendations:
> - changing project type to "none" (it will be a "community project" with
> board approval / recognition later)
>
done

> - logo - I think we ask this to be on a white background 720x412 as per
> https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/template_tile.png (the website
> designers did not really make this obvious)
>
Fixed, I updated your logo; somehow, you found an old version of it.

> - header - this is a bit long? Not all of that will show up when listing
> the project - try for s short sentence fragment or inspirational statement.
> You can look at the resulting page and decide ...
>
shortened

> - content - you can have a lot more here including links and so on :) The
> content lists supported formats - you may consider moving that to "core
> features" as that provides a nice presentation
>
is so.

> - content - image - if you can have a picture of your team it woudl be
> great. We like to show that projects are made up of people :)
>
done

> - core features - consider moving supported format blurb here
>
is so

> - license: GPL 2.0
> - specs: Is anything applicable here?
>
Where?

> - communication good
> - end-user resources: good
> - developer resources: anything?
>
 are there.

>
> Page is published - contrats: https://www.osgeo.org/projects/qfield/
> (Please fix the icon and consider some of the feedback above)
>
> Jody
>
>
> Cheers
Marco

>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 9:20 AM Marco Bernasocchi <marco at opengis.ch>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Jody,
>> Hope all is well and the release is coming along :)
>> is there any chance  that you or anyone of the incubator committee could
>> read and publish the page?
>>
>> Tomorrow is the QGIS user conference and we really wanted to communicate
>> the great news that QField is an OSGeo community project :)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Marco
>>
>> On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 at 08:15, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Marco:
>>>
>>> I am just completing the GeoServer 2.23.0 release (which should be a
>>> good one) and then I will have some more capacity for community
>>> volunteering.
>>>
>>> If any other member of the incubation committee is available they are
>>> more than welcome to review and make a motion. It is a team effort :)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:19 AM Marco Bernasocchi <marco at opengis.ch>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Jody,
>>>> hope all well with you!
>>>>
>>>> Did you get any chance to have a look at the QField page?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Marco
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 15 Mar 2023 at 22:39, Marco Bernasocchi <marco at opengis.ch>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jody, Hi Incubators :)
>>>>> Regina Obe fixed the locked-out issue (
>>>>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2899)
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Marco
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 15 Mar 2023 at 07:39, Marco Bernasocchi <marco at opengis.ch>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> hey Jody,
>>>>>> I was too, just had to clich on the unlock myself link onnthe login
>>>>>> page :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cheers Marco
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Marco Bernasocchi
>>>>>> OPENGIS.ch CEO
>>>>>> QGIS.org Chair
>>>>>> OSGeo board member
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Find a meeting time at https://calendly.com/mbernasocchi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> marco at opengis.ch
>>>>>> +41 (0)79 467 24 70
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 15 Mar 2023, 02:40 Jody Garnett, <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey Marco:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am happy to review and publish the page - however it appears I am
>>>>>>> locked out of the website right now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let's ask if anyone else here can check your page.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jody
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 5:30 PM Marco Bernasocchi <marco at opengis.ch>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Jody,
>>>>>>>> Hope all is well with you!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I finally finalised the QField project page (
>>>>>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/?post_type=project&p=20314&preview=true) and
>>>>>>>> added the CONTRIBUTING.md as you requested. So all requirements for a
>>>>>>>> community project should be good to go.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Reading your mail, I'm wondering if you want me to publish the page
>>>>>>>> or if you do it. The
>>>>>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/ is also not
>>>>>>>> really clear as it says:
>>>>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>>>> We have a big conference in _Berlin starting tomorrow, and we've 2
>>>>>>>> QField presentations on Thursday; it would be fantastic if you could
>>>>>>>> publish the page as a community project ASAP :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>> Marco
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 7 Aug 2022 at 06:18, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Marco:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Marco I checked and you do have project author permission to
>>>>>>>>> create website page already (perhaps from another project).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Since you are on github for 3 can you add a CONTRIBUTING.md file
>>>>>>>>> which is made available when making a pull request.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Checking the README and doc/dev.md did not really talk about
>>>>>>>>> contributing so much. It is great to see a range of contributors
>>>>>>>>> already.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When you have osgeo website page ready we can look further at the
>>>>>>>>> osgeo community requirements.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jody
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 10:49 PM Marco Bernasocchi <
>>>>>>>>> marco at opengis.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Jody, thanks for your reply, below all the requested
>>>>>>>>>> information.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>>> Marco
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 at 17:22, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Marco:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have been travelling and have not managed to look at this one
>>>>>>>>>>> yet? The details on what is required are here
>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Checking https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ I do not yet see your
>>>>>>>>>>> project on the website so that is the place to start. Can you assemble the
>>>>>>>>>>> information for that in an email please?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1. geospatial
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> QField is the professional mobile app for QGIS, allowing users to
>>>>>>>>>> deploy their existing QGIS projects to the field.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2. open source license
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> QField is released under the GNU Public License (GPL) Version 2
>>>>>>>>>> or above.
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/opengisch/QField/blob/master/LICENSE
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 3. accepts contributions
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> yes we do,
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/opengisch/QField/graphs/contributors
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/opengisch/QField/graphs/contributors>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If you have a link to your repository chances are we can figure
>>>>>>>>>>> out the above.
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 at 02:54, Marco Bernasocchi <
>>>>>>>>>>> marco at opengis.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>> we'd like to have QField become an OSGeo community project.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> we already checked the requirement page and feel that QField
>>>>>>>>>>>> would be a great addition to OSGeo community.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Let us know what we've to do to move ahead.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>>>>> Marco
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Marco Bernasocchi
>>>>>>>>>>>> OPENGIS.ch CEO
>>>>>>>>>>>> QGIS.org Chair
>>>>>>>>>>>> OSGeo.org Board of directors
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Find a meeting time on my calendar
>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://calendly.com/mbernasocchi/25min>!
>>>>>>>>>>>> marco at opengis.ch
>>>>>>>>>>>> +41 (0)79 467 24 70 <+41794672470>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://opengis.ch>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> [image: https://qfield.org/get/] <https://qfield.org/get/>
>>>>>>>>>>>> QFIELD 2.0 IS HERE! - Hold the power of QGIS in your hand - learn
>>>>>>>>>>>> more <https://www.opengis.ch/2022/04/05/qfield-2-0-is-here/> - get
>>>>>>>>>>>> it now <https://qfield.org/get>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Marco Bernasocchi
>>>>>>>>>> OPENGIS.ch CEO
>>>>>>>>>> QGIS.org Chair
>>>>>>>>>> OSGeo.org Board of directors
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Find a meeting time on my calendar
>>>>>>>>>> <https://calendly.com/mbernasocchi/25min>!
>>>>>>>>>> marco at opengis.ch
>>>>>>>>>> +41 (0)79 467 24 70 <+41794672470>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <https://opengis.ch>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [image: https://qfield.org/get/] <https://qfield.org/get/>
>>>>>>>>>> QFIELD 2.0 IS HERE! - Hold the power of QGIS in your hand - learn
>>>>>>>>>> more <https://www.opengis.ch/2022/04/05/qfield-2-0-is-here/> - get
>>>>>>>>>> it now <https://qfield.org/get>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Marco Bernasocchi
>>>>>>>> OPENGIS.ch CEO
>>>>>>>> QGIS.org Chair
>>>>>>>> OSGeo.org Board of directors
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Find a meeting time on my calendar
>>>>>>>> <https://calendly.com/mbernasocchi/25min>!
>>>>>>>> marco at opengis.ch
>>>>>>>> +41 (0)79 467 24 70 <+41794672470>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <https://opengis.ch>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [image:
>>>>>>>> https://www.opengis.ch/2022/11/03/best-of-swiss-enterprise-app-award-for-qfield/]
>>>>>>>> <https://www.opengis.ch/2022/11/03/best-of-swiss-enterprise-app-award-for-qfield/>
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>>>>>>>> <https://qfield.org/get>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Marco Bernasocchi
>>>>> OPENGIS.ch CEO
>>>>> QGIS.org Chair
>>>>> OSGeo.org Board of directors
>>>>>
>>>>> Find a meeting time on my calendar
>>>>> <https://calendly.com/mbernasocchi/25min>!
>>>>> marco at opengis.ch
>>>>> +41 (0)79 467 24 70 <+41794672470>
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://opengis.ch>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marco Bernasocchi
>>>> OPENGIS.ch CEO
>>>> QGIS.org Chair
>>>> OSGeo.org Board of directors
>>>>
>>>> Find a meeting time on my calendar
>>>> <https://calendly.com/mbernasocchi/25min>!
>>>> marco at opengis.ch
>>>> +41 (0)79 467 24 70 <+41794672470>
>>>>
>>>> <https://opengis.ch>
>>>>
>>>> [image:
>>>> https://www.opengis.ch/2022/11/03/best-of-swiss-enterprise-app-award-for-qfield/]
>>>> <https://www.opengis.ch/2022/11/03/best-of-swiss-enterprise-app-award-for-qfield/>
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>>>> <https://qfield.org/get>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Marco Bernasocchi
>> OPENGIS.ch CEO
>> QGIS.org Chair
>> OSGeo.org Board of directors
>>
>> Find a meeting time on my calendar
>> <https://calendly.com/mbernasocchi/25min>!
>> marco at opengis.ch
>> +41 (0)79 467 24 70 <+41794672470>
>>
>> <https://opengis.ch>
>>
>> [image:
>> https://www.opengis.ch/2022/11/03/best-of-swiss-enterprise-app-award-for-qfield/]
>> <https://www.opengis.ch/2022/11/03/best-of-swiss-enterprise-app-award-for-qfield/>
>> Best of Swiss Enterprise App-Award for QField
>> <https://www.opengis.ch/2022/11/03/best-of-swiss-enterprise-app-award-for-qfield/> -
>> Hold the power of QGIS in your hand - get it now <https://qfield.org/get>
>>
>

-- 
Marco Bernasocchi
OPENGIS.ch CEO
QGIS.org Chair
OSGeo.org Board of directors

Find a meeting time on my calendar <https://calendly.com/mbernasocchi/25min>
!
marco at opengis.ch
+41 (0)79 467 24 70 <+41794672470>

<https://opengis.ch>

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