[MetaCRS] Proj4J Status

Wed Jan 21 09:18:25 PST 2015

+1 for this.

Also +1 for the motion to move to Github - just have been too busy to put
together the motion.  Will try and do this soon, or someone else can do
this.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 6:09 AM, Nicholas Knize <nknize at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
>
> I'd also like to petition the PSC to be added to the Proj4J committer team
> to help keep the contribution active.
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Nicholas,
>>
>> OK, it seems we can have teams within the osgeo organization, so I'd
>> suggest we locate proj4j under osgeo, and setup a MetaCRS team with the
>> same commiters as in the svn group.  If Martin is supportive, then I
>> believe we should make a motion to migrate Proj4J to github.com from svn
>> within the OSGeo organization and with a "MetaCRS" committer team.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Frank
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Nicholas Knize <nknize at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Quick bump. There's already a MetaCRS organization on github.  (Looks
>>> like a zombie unrelated to osgeo, but its taken nevertheless)  There's also
>>> an osgeo Organization on GitHub (https://github.com/osgeo).  I'm
>>> assuming Frank knows about it since gdal is top the project list.  Any
>>> thoughts on migrating the Proj4j github mirror I created to the osgeo
>>> organization?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Nicholas Knize <nknize at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1 for a MetaCRS "organization"
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no problem with projects moving to github when the projects
>>>>> want to.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the case of Proj4J it seems like a MetaCRS "organization" might be
>>>>> desirable to represent the way the project governance is setup now -
>>>>> similar to the shared commiter list on svn for MetaCRS sub-projects.
>>>>>
>>>>> In this case if Martin is favorable, I'd suggest he raise a motion
>>>>> MetaCRS about the formal migration of the master repo for Proj4J.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Frank
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Nicholas Knize <nknize at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> As much control as you want.  Proj4js (http://trac.osgeo.org/proj4js/)
>>>>>> is already on GitHub so there's precedence.  You can also have a look at
>>>>>> our Elasticsearch github for an example of tighter control over community
>>>>>> submitted PRs (see:
>>>>>> https://github.com/karmi/test-contributor-agreement/pull/21)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I created a Proj4J organization (https://github.com/Proj4J) to
>>>>>> manage permissions and membership of the code base. I can transfer
>>>>>> ownership of that organization (and reduce my level to member) at anytime
>>>>>> if this is a route the community is interested in taking.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IMHO there will be more community involvement with GitHub and could
>>>>>> breathe some life back into the codebase.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Martin Davis <mtnclimb at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure what the feeling is at OSGeo about moving away from
>>>>>>> their hosted SVN.  Can anyone comment on this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How do commit rights to the GitHub repo work?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Nicholas Knize <nknize at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any opposition to moving from svn to github?  I've started it here
>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/Proj4J/proj4j> and preserved history and
>>>>>>>> branches. I'm thinking it will breathe new collaborative life into the
>>>>>>>> codebase. The repos could always be synced but experience says that's a
>>>>>>>> maintenance PITA.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Martin Davis <mtnclimb at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not dead, just moving very slooowly.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Feel free to submit patches if you see something that needs to be
>>>>>>>>> addressed.  (I know there are some bug fixes in PROJ.4 that could be ported
>>>>>>>>> over...)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Nicholas Knize <nknize at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I noticed there hasn't been a commit in 14 months. Is this
>>>>>>>>>> project still maintained? I recently migrated the svn codebase to git with
>>>>>>>>>> git svn. Since I'm not the project owner I don't want to step on any toes,
>>>>>>>>>> but I see more collaboration on Github than svn.  Just checking to see what
>>>>>>>>>> the state is on this project and what the recommendation is for continuing
>>>>>>>>>> to move this forward.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - Nick
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------
>>>>> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam,
>>>>> warmerdam at pobox.com
>>>>> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
>>>>> and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial Software Developer
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------
>> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam,
>> warmerdam at pobox.com
>> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
>> and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial Software Developer
>>
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