[Incubator] listing a new project on OSGeo website

[Ethan McIntosh]

Thank you both for the patient suggestions! I am learning as I go.

I have added a requirements.txt to the repo, and I'll make some time to
work on a basic set of tests + contribution suggestions.

Ethan

On Thu, Jun 8, 2023, 11:58 AM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Checking your repo (see
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee for what we check) I
> would ask you to add a CONTRIBUTING.md instruction for potential
> contributors.
>
> OSGeo believes strongly in collaboration and this is a good chance to
> think about how you wish to work with others. It is a useful thing to think
> through and part of the open source advocacy we do. Example:  Your header
> lists an employer, and your repo has two contributors :)
>
> On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 7:38 AM Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm all for this becoming a community project- the more the merrier!
>>
>> I do have some suggestions though and others might have more ideas.
>> Firstly, I would include a requirements.txt file so that people can use pip
>> to install all the dependencies. I'd also include a contributing.md file
>> explaining if/how you want to accept contributions. Actual working
>> examples, possibly with some test data, if that's possible, might be useful.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Jo
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 5:48 AM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That looks fun, I am used to projects being a little larger; but open
>>> source does come in all shapes and sizes 🙂
>>>
>>> I am going to be guided by some of the python folks on this list ...
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 1, 2023 at 5:42:59 PM, Ethan McIntosh <emaclex at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Incubator Committee,
>>>>
>>>> My name is Ethan McIntosh, and I'm a data analyst working in local
>>>> government as well as an open-source contributor and enthusiast. I wanted
>>>> to ask you about listing a recent project of mine on OSGeo. It is a very
>>>> simple Python module with some background description material and
>>>> documentation within the README file.
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/CityOfBoston/PolygonQuerier
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if you think this would be a good candidate!
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Ethan
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