Deegree Incubation Status

== General ==
; Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
: Yes, approved on May 2nd, 2008
; Has an Incubation Mentor been assigned to the project? 
: Yes, Jody Garnett
== Infrastructure Transition ==
; Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects web presence? 
: The deegree website is located at http://deegree.org/ -- Currently, there are no plans to transition to the OSGeo website infrastructure.
; Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project? 
: No. A bug tracker is already established and can be accessed at http://wald.intevation.org/tracker/?atid=212&group_id=27&func=browse
; Is the OSGeo mailing list manager (http://lists.osgeo.org/) being used for the project?
: No. Mailing lists are already set up on SourceForge and being used:
:* Announce: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-announce/
:* Users: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-users/
:* Developers: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/deegree-devel/
; Is the OSGeo SVN being used for the project?
: No. The project SVN is available at http://svn.wald.intevation.org/svn/deegree/
; Are binary and source downloads available from http://download.osgeo.org ?
: No. Downloads are available at http://deegree.org/ -> Download
== Community Functioning ==
; Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)? 
:* A users mailing list (see above) is available and and working well for some years already.
:* An official wiki is available at http://wiki.deegree.org
:* Issue trackers are available at http://wald.intevation.org/tracker/?group_id=27
:* IRC channel (#deegree). Developers and users are mostly online during working hours, CET.
; Are source and binary downloads for the package available? 
: Yes. Available are Java binary packages (JARs), source packages as well as pre-packaged and easy-to-install demo applications (WARs).
; Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
: Yes. The PSC decides about the major directions of the deegree project, the dates and content of major releases and who the project developers are. 
: Currently (2010-02-09), the members of the PSC are:
:* Herman Assink (IDgis)
:* Jens Fitzke (lat/lon)
:* Prof. Dr. Klaus Greve (Bonn University)
:* Dr. Andreas Poth (lat/lon)
: The PSC can be contacted via psc -- @ -- deegree.org. 
: There is a PSC tracker at http://wald.intevation.org/tracker/?atid=281&group_id=27&func=browse
:Besides the PSC, the Technical Management Committee (TMC) performs day-to-day technical decisions and acts on behalf of the PSC. The TMC has been established and publicly announced at the deegree day 2008. Currently (2009-10-26), the members of the technical management committee are:
:* Rutger Bezema (lat/lon)
:* Markus Schneider (lat/lon)
; Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc. 
: Yes. See http://wiki.deegree.org/deegreeWiki/StructuresAndProcedures
; How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?
: There are currently about 20 international active developers from multiple organizations. They are listed at http://wald.intevation.org/project/memberlist.php?group_id=27
== Foundation Membership ==
; Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
: A deegree project flyer based on the OSGeo project template is available:
: - English: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/flyer/project_brochure_pdfs/OSGeo_Brochures_deegree.pdf
: - German: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/flyer/project_brochure_pdfs/de/OSGeo_Brochures_deegree_de.pdf
; Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks? 
: The OSGeo logo has been added to http://deegree.org which also explicitly mentions deegree's status as an OSGeo project in incubation.
== Code Copyright Review ==
; Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?
:Yes, the report is available on the deegree Wiki.
; Have issues raised in the provenance review been adequately addressed?
:This is still work in progress. Some issues could be resolved already, others are still TBD. Detailed information is included in the above mentioned report.
; Are Committer Responsibilities Guidelines covering legal issues in place?
: A document has been set up be the PSC. It still needs final review and then has to be accepted by all committers.
Category:Incubation