[MetaCRS] Proj4J Status

Wed Jan 21 10:29:43 PST 2015

I'm available if you want/need some help.  Just let me know if you need any
information from me (osgeo username, etc.) to be granted authority to put
the motion together.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Martin Davis <mtnclimb at gmail.com> wrote:

> +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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