[Incubator] QField as OSGeo Project

Wed Apr 19 16:12:52 PDT 2023

You ask the incubation committee, and we check, make a motion, and then
recommend to the board.

Idea is the gold on this email list have the project experience to help.

Jody

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 4:07 PM Marco Bernasocchi <marco at opengis.ch> wrote:

> hey Jody, to me all requirements you described and checked are met.
>
> I ask the board or the incubation committee to motion QField approval?
> if the comitee, then I'd like to officially ask for QField to become an
> OSGeo community project.
>
> 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 Thu, 20 Apr 2023, 00:54 Jody Garnett, <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think you need to ask? Do you want to check the requirements first and
>> then send an email :)
>>
>> What a great photo of your team! Sorry for finding the old logo :)
>>
>> One of the content pages had a section for “specs” but it is not very
>> well defined what is appropriate there. Things like compatibility and
>> version numbers I expect.
>>
>>
>> Jody
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 2:54 PM Marco Bernasocchi <marco at opengis.ch>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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/>
>>>>>>>>>>> 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>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> 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/>
>>>>>>> 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>
>>>>>
>>>>> [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>
>>>
>>> [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>
>>>
>> --
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>
> [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>
>
-- 
--
Jody Garnett
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