[Live-demo] draft press release about descoping OSGeo-Live

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Hello,

> Do OpenHub metrics reflect an active and healthy community: 
> https://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html

Maybe we should inform the projects if their OpenHub metrics shows low 
activity. We had it with Mapbender a while ago too. OpenHub did not make 
get the statistics although there was activity in the project. We had to 
contact the OpenHub team and they fixed it.

Looks like in Leaflet project it is similar. Activity is not available 
says OpenHub but on github are regular commits.

https://www.openhub.net/p/Leaflet/enlistments

Astrid

Am 2017-04-13 22:05, schrieb Cameron Shorter:
> Thanks Vicky, Micha, Pirmin,
> 
> This is really good feedback.
> 
> I've introduction text to:
> 
> "For our next OSGeo-Live release, 11.0, we propose to reduce the
> number of packages included, and only support a 64 bit distribution,
> (32 bit will be built but not tested or officially supported)."
> 
> Regarding OpenHub metrics, I'm very aware that it has many
> imperfections. However, as far as I'm aware, it is the best available,
> and hence we reference it from OSGeo-Live.
> 
> While projects should rightly be concerned if OSGeo-Live only uses
> OpenHub metrics to assess project health, they should be significantly
> more concerned about the general public's assessment of their project.
> 
> 
> I think it should be a priority of all projects to try an ensure their
> OpenHub metrics reflect the true health of their project as new users
> can, do, and should make use such metrics as part of their due
> diligence of project selection.
> 
> Warm regard, Cameron
> 
> On 13/4/17 5:45 pm, Micha Silver wrote:
> 
>> On 04/13/2017 09:31 AM, Pirmin Kalberer wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Cameron,
>> 
>> Am Mittwoch, 12. April 2017, 21.25:27 schrieb Cameron Shorter:
>> 
>> As per our last meeting, I've created a draft press release about
>> descoping OSGeo-Live.
>> 
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_75
>> 
>> Review comments are welcome
>> 
>> For non-native speakers like me, an earlier hint what the euphemism
>> "descoping" is standing for, would be very helpful.
>  Two comments:
> 
> Even with English as my mother tongue, I had to think twice about what
> phrase referred to. Why not just say outright: "removing some
> projects".
> 
> Regarding the list of considerations to assess projects, we need to
> keep in mind that some projects, spatialite for example, use version
> control systems that are not "Openhub-friendly". So they are sorely
> under-represented on Openhub.
> 
> Best,
> Micha
> 
>> Regards
>> Pirmin
> 
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