MapServer incubation status

MapServer is a graduated OSGeo project. This page is the archive of the incubation process.
== Basics ==
; Has the project been approved for incubation by the OSGeo board?
: Yes, selected for "founding project" incubation by the OSGeo board. 
; Has an Incubation committee member been assigned as Mentor? 
: Yes, Chris Holmes has been assigned as MapServer incubation mentor.
== Infrastructure Transition ==
; Has the projectname.osgeo.org domain been populated with the projects web presence? 
: Yes, to a point. There is a basic page that points to our primary, plone-based, website.
; Is the OSGeo bug tracker being used for the project? 
: Yes, we migrated to the OSGeo TRAC instance in late April 2007.
; Bug tracking repository moved?
: Yes.
; Is the OSGeo mailing list manager being used for the project?
: Yes, mailing lists including history have been migrated
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-announce
; Is the OSGeo SVN or CVS system being used for the project?
: Yes, we migrated from CVS to the OSGeo SVN instance in early May 2007. 
; Are binary and source downloads available from the OSGeo download area?
: Yes, source downloads (nightly and official releases) were moved to OSGeo in early May 2007.
== Community Functioning ==
; Is there a functioning user support mechanisms (ie. mailing list)? 
: The mapserver-users mailing list is quite active and well posed questions often result in more than one helpful response. 
; Are source and binary downloads for the package available? 
: Yes, visit http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/
; Has a Project Steering Committee been formed, and given control of the project?
: Yes, the RFC transitioning our technical steering committee (TSC) to the PSC passed in April 2007. PSC membership is now complete. 
; Does the Project Steering Committee have documentation on project procedures for PSC decisions, contributor guidelines, etc. 
: Yes, see RFC's (for PSC, and committer rules at least). May need to review committer rules in light of tighter OSGeo policy.
; How many active developers are there? Are they from multiple organizations?
: Yes, approximately 15 committers are established from 10 or more organizations. See detailed list (updated 7/8/2008).
== Foundation Membership ==
; Have project documents been updated to reflect membership in the foundation, and the relationship of the project to the foundation?
: Yes, the MapServer homepage indicates that the project is an OSGeo project. There are links to the OSGeo homepage and MapServer incubation documentation under community portion of the website. 
; Has an effort been made to brand the project web site with OSGeo foundation web styling and branding marks? 
: No, not yet. It feels like that should wait until graduation. At that point a OSGeo logo will be featured prominently on the MapServer home page.
== Code Copyright Review ==
; Has a Code Provenance Review document been prepared for the project?
: Yes, a contributors list has been developed. A shared spreadsheet is being used to track provenance for MapServer proper and MapScript. A provenance task list is part of that work and is being used to track any issues uncovered.
; Have issues raised in the provenance review been adequately addressed?
: indicate outstanding issues.
Category:Incubation
Category:MapServer