[Incubator] Incubate GeoStyler as OSGeo Project

[Jody Garnett]

 That is excellent, would you like to review the application and make a
motion 🙂
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Jody Garnett


On Jan 10, 2025 at 2:29:18 AM, michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com wrote:

> Yes, I am willing to mentor this valuable project through incubation.
>
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> Michael Smith
>
> On Jan 10, 2025, at 2:46 AM, Jody Garnett via Incubator <
> incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
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> 
> Sounds great, I guess we will hear from Micheal Smith?
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> Jody Garnett
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>
> On Dec 6, 2024 at 12:27:21 AM, Jan Suleiman via Incubator <
> incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> we hereby apply for the incubation process for GeoStyler becoming an
>> OSGeo project.
>>
>> GeoStyler is a set of open source libraries providing mechanisms for
>> converting between different map styling formats (e.g. SLD, OpenLayers,
>> Mapbox, QGIS, etc.). On top of that, GeoStyler also provides a UI for
>> creating/editing styles regardless of the styling format.
>>
>> GeoStyler has been an OSGeo community project since 2020.
>>
>> We probably already fit most of the criteria for OSGeo projects:
>>
>> - geospatial: Yes
>> - open source license: BSD-2-Clause
>> - accepts contributions: Yes, with more than 30 contributors so far.
>> - source code check, with source code audit: Yes, all contributions go
>> through a code review process.
>> - open community with transparent communication and decision making
>> process: Yes. Communication via github issues, discussions and discord
>> channel. Decision making process via code review.
>> - active and healthy community with user and developer collaboration,
>> drawing members from several organizations for long term viability: Yes.
>> Active regular contributors from terrestris, IGN France, camptocamp,
>> geographika and many others. Annual code sprints since 2022.
>> - development supported by version control and issue tracker: Yes, via
>> github: https://github.com/geostyler
>> - developer leadership offering both transparent decision making and an
>> opportunity for new members to participate: Yes. Decision making via
>> code review. Contributing guideline
>> https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md.
>> - user documentation and developer documentation: Yes. Different
>> tutorials, documentation and developer guide
>> https://github.com/geostyler/geostyler/blob/main/DEVELOPING.md
>> - release procedure covering both the release process and documented
>> testing process: Yes. Automated tests on each pull request. Automated
>> release pipelines.
>>
>> We are now looking for a mentor helping us going through the incubation
>> process. On FOSS4G Europe, Micheal Smith offered to do so, and we hope
>> this offer is still valid.
>>
>> Please let us know if there any further questions.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Jan
>> for the GeoStyler project
>>
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