[MetaCRS] Current Status

[Landon Blake]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll let the Incubation Committee now we
should pull MetaCRS out of incubation.

Landon

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:36 AM, Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
wrote:

> Le jeudi 01 septembre 2016 16:57:19, Howard Butler a écrit :
> > > On Mar 8, 2016, at 10:32 AM, Landon Blake <
> sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey guys. There is some discussion about pulling MetaCRS out of the
> OSGeo
> > > incubation process. Is anyone still actively working on MetaCRS
> > > code/tests/documentation? Was the project ever assigned an incubation
> > > mentor, and who was working with the mentor?
> > >
> > > I'm trying to decide if I should step up to do some work on MetaCRS,
> > > either to help it get trough incubation or to move it into OSGeo
> > > Technology Projects. Before I make a decision, I'm trying to wrap my
> > > hands around the current status.
> >
> > Landon,
> >
> > I think MetaCRS should be removed from OSGeo's incubation process, and
> each
> > of the member projects (proj.4, csmap, proj4js, sr.org) be pushed off
> into
> > OSGeo's Member projects area. If the member projects wish to have PSCs
> > they can do so with that mechanism, and it will eliminate the current
> > situation where non-members end up voting through releases and motions.
> >
> > MetaCRS is successful as a mailing list to bring together coordinate
> system
> > folks. Proj4's mailing list has also served that role. It is not now or
> > never will be an OSGeo project in the classical sense of the word, and it
> > is a frustrating fit to try to shoehorn it in that way.
>
> I agree with Howard. It doesn't really make sense for people affiliated
> with
> proj.4 to vote on motions from csmap and the reverse, since they're
> unlikely
> to try the release candidates of the other project or have an informed
> opinion
> on technical or management choices. Each MetaCRS "component" would be a
> better
> fit as a standalone project of
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects and MetaCRS mailing
> list
> be used to coordinate between projects when there's a need to do so.
>
> Even
>
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