#MAPBENDER IRC Log - 2009-04-06

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06:56:50 Testbaudson: IRC meeting
06:57:00 Testbaudson: let's start with roll call
06:57:03 Testbaudson: Christoph
06:57:16 ur: Ui
06:57:21 ur: mh: Uli
06:57:22 seven: Arnulf
06:57:29 seven: Uiuiui
06:58:16 Testbaudson: darndt? tbaschetti?
06:58:54 Testbaudson: astroidex?
06:58:54 tbaschetti: thomas
06:59:13 astroidex: hello - here I am
06:59:17 Testbaudson: agenda is here:
06:59:19 Testbaudson: http://www.mapbender.org/IRC_Meeting
06:59:23 sigq: Title: IRC Meeting - MapbenderWiki ( at www.mapbender.org )
06:59:36 Testbaudson: please add your topics if you have any
06:59:49 Testbaudson: ( 1 ) Google Summer of Code
06:59:58 Testbaudson: the application phase is over
07:00:05 Testbaudson: Mapbender has received 7 applications
07:00:11 astroidex: wow
07:00:13 Testbaudson: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_Ranking
07:00:14 sigq: Title: Google Summer of Code 2009 Ranking - OSGeo Wiki ( at wiki.osgeo.org )
07:00:37 Testbaudson: I think two are very promising
07:01:06 Testbaudson: ( though I have not read all in detail )
07:01:34 Testbaudson: the first promising applicant is Karim Malhas
07:01:44 Testbaudson: he is Verena's room mate
07:01:57 Testbaudson: I've talked to him in person
07:02:11 Testbaudson: he seems to be perfectly capable of doing a good job
07:02:36 seven: Cool.
07:02:43 Testbaudson: he's a math student who does a lot of software developing in his spare time ( and to earn money )
07:03:06 Testbaudson: he's very interested in open source
07:03:42 Testbaudson: I think he could help us in restructuring the PHP classes and build AJAX forms on top of it
07:04:12 Testbaudson: I volunteer to mentor him
07:04:25 seven: +1
07:04:46 astroidex: +1
07:04:51 mandsch: +1
07:04:52 Testbaudson: the other applicant who is very promising is Mifan Careem
07:05:07 Testbaudson: he applied for the project "CSW client"
07:05:20 Testbaudson: he is a long time member of the Sahana developer team
07:05:31 Testbaudson: he has a lot of open source experience
07:05:53 seven: That is interesting as we already had some contacts to the Sahana project ( via Indonesia )
07:05:55 Testbaudson: Sahana is in PHP, so he should have no problem
07:06:00 seven: Cool.
07:06:28 Testbaudson: He has also experience in OpenLayers and MapServer
07:06:58 Testbaudson: Here's a link to his application
07:06:58 Testbaudson: http://socghop.appspot.com/student_proposal/review/google/gsoc2009/mifan/t123875686318
07:07:00 sigq: Title: Sign In Required ( at socghop.appspot.com )
07:07:08 Testbaudson: I guess you have to be registered as a mentor to read it
07:07:16 Testbaudson: Did anyone of you sign up as a mentor?
07:07:37 : * seven did not as she is probably not a good mentor...
07:07:44 mandsch: no
07:07:48 : * tbaschetti not
07:07:53 seven: Testbaudson: Do you have a suggestion who could be a good mentor?
07:08:09 Testbaudson: the interesting thing is this
07:08:19 Testbaudson: the topic was added by Andreas Fischer
07:08:35 Testbaudson: maybe he could be a co-mentor
07:08:53 Testbaudson: I'm not sure if he's willing to do so
07:09:01 Testbaudson: I would ask him
07:09:11 Testbaudson: Is anyone here interested in mentoring?
07:09:16 Testbaudson: Someone with an interest in CSW?
07:09:31 : * Testbaudson doesn't want to mentor two students
07:09:51 Testbaudson: ( maybe 1.5 )
07:10:22 Testbaudson: Do we have any interested parties in CSW?
07:10:29 Testbaudson: Armin Retterath?
07:10:46 mandsch: I have no real experience with csw ...
07:11:53 seven: Anybody mentoring?
07:12:30 seven: Testbaudson: Do we have to decide now?
07:12:44 : * seven suggests to write an email to dev
07:12:50 Testbaudson: we need to rate the applicants
07:12:57 Testbaudson: only registered mentors are allowed to rate
07:13:15 Testbaudson: I think we should aim at two slots
07:13:29 Testbaudson: this year there are 12 projects under the OSGeo umbrella
07:13:38 Testbaudson: last year we had 22? slots
07:13:47 Testbaudson: this year there will be less I fear
07:13:59 Testbaudson: so it would be nice to have some moentors and some votes
07:14:33 seven: How many mentors do we need?
07:14:57 Testbaudson: last year, each project got at least 1 slot
07:15:15 Testbaudson: the remaining slots were allocated randomly
07:15:26 Testbaudson: we should have some arguments why we should have two slots
07:15:29 Testbaudson: and not only one
07:15:42 Testbaudson: one argument is, that we have most applicants
07:15:59 astroidex: good
07:16:22 Testbaudson: so there is no fixed number of mentors we need
07:16:34 Testbaudson: but I feel stupid to be the only one
07:16:49 Testbaudson: it would be nice to have some backing
07:16:54 : * ur could register as mentor
07:17:21 : * seven seconds that
07:17:24 astroidex: astroidex registerd last year, but I forgot my login....
07:17:45 ur: create a new one...
07:18:16 astroidex: found it
07:18:54 Testbaudson: if you need instructions how to register and how to vote, let me know
07:19:07 Testbaudson: maybe we can do it tomorrow during a mini-break
07:19:38 Testbaudson: I will ask Andreas Fischer too
07:19:55 mandsch: I could also register as a mentor ...
07:20:05 Testbaudson: it's a good opportunity for Mapbender to get some CSW functionality
07:20:15 Testbaudson: mandsch, astroidex, ur: thanks
07:20:43 Testbaudson: I can't give useful GIS mentoring
07:20:46 Testbaudson: only codewise
07:21:20 Testbaudson: I don't know how CSW fits in our roadmap
07:22:03 : * seven has some ideas wrt that
07:22:28 seven: It will be part of the INSPIRE challenge
07:22:33 astroidex: maybe david arndt is interested in csw
07:22:48 seven: darndt: Are you there?
07:23:12 seven: darndt: Are you mentoring for GeoNetwork?
07:24:38 seven: ur sees that GN is not on the list...
07:25:45 Testbaudson: please add your ideas here:
07:25:46 Testbaudson: http://www.mapbender.org/GSoC_2009
07:25:47 sigq: Title: GSoC 2009 - MapbenderWiki ( at www.mapbender.org )
07:26:34 Testbaudson: If I understood correctly, you three would register and vote,
07:26:48 astroidex: yes
07:26:55 Testbaudson: but would not be interested being the primary mentor?
07:27:01 mandsch: yep
07:28:28 : * Testbaudson plan not to mentor this project seems to fail...
07:28:43 seven: ?
07:28:48 : * Testbaudson 's plan not to mentor this project seems to fail...
07:28:53 ur: :- )
07:28:56 seven: Yes.
07:29:04 Testbaudson: *%$&%ยง!
07:29:11 seven: No I understood it.
07:29:14 seven: :- )
07:29:36 ur: you are simply the best, to do this job
07:30:12 : * Testbaudson motions to rename Mapbender to Mapbaudson :-(
07:30:56 ur: you have to rename the robot in futurama :- )
07:32:09 Testbaudson: so please add your ideas here:
07:32:13 Testbaudson: http://www.mapbender.org/GSoC_2009
07:32:15 sigq: Title: GSoC 2009 - MapbenderWiki ( at www.mapbender.org )
07:32:16 Testbaudson: thanks
07:32:21 Testbaudson: any other topics
07:32:22 Testbaudson: ?
07:33:13 astroidex: oloh ?
07:33:31 astroidex: sorry ohloh.net
07:33:48 astroidex: Arnulf - did you get the mail about the statistics?
07:34:00 seven: No.
07:34:14 astroidex: this is not so important but it would be nice to see here that the project is still alive
07:34:16 seven: But I still have a pile of unread mails in my inbox.
07:34:29 seven: What happened?
07:34:40 astroidex: http://www.ohloh.net/p/3712
07:34:41 sigq: Title: Mapbender ( at www.ohloh.net )
07:34:57 astroidex: the statistics are out of date
07:35:18 astroidex: http://www.ohloh.net/p/3712/analyses/latest
07:35:19 sigq: Title: Mapbender - Ohloh ( at www.ohloh.net )
07:35:20 Testbaudson: it says "Decreasing year-over-year development activity"
07:35:25 astroidex: code analysis stops in 2008
07:35:27 Testbaudson: because there are no updates
07:35:42 seven: Hmmm?
07:35:49 ur: who tagged mapbender as "game"????
07:35:58 seven: Where does OLOH look?
07:35:58 astroidex: ?
07:36:05 seven: ohloh
07:36:18 Testbaudson: seven: did you register Mapbender at Ohloh?
07:36:44 seven: Yes.
07:36:55 seven: Anybody can apply as manager.
07:37:04 : * seven sees that the latest changes from the Wiki are there.
07:37:04 Testbaudson: ( this is new )
07:37:09 astroidex: I took game away
07:38:17 astroidex: maybe some of you could add a picture : )
07:39:35 seven: Yet another place to maintain.
07:39:37 astroidex: maybe the code statistic is not so important. but I think it makes a good impression when it is actual
07:39:56 seven: Yes, but why did it stop working?
07:40:05 astroidex: no idea
07:40:33 astroidex: do you remember how you published it? maybe it is referred to a branch not to the trunk?
07:41:39 astroidex: but arnulf - you don't have extra superadmin rights on ohloh
07:41:47 seven: No.
07:41:52 astroidex: because I can't see the link which refers to svn
07:41:53 seven: Just a user as any other
07:42:08 : * seven cannot find it either.
07:42:14 seven: But the code statistics still work.
07:42:27 seven: https://www.ohloh.net/p/3712/analyses/latest
07:42:28 sigq: Title: Mapbender - Ohloh ( at www.ohloh.net )
07:43:06 Testbaudson: Updated 05 Dec 2008 13:33 UTC
07:43:40 seven: What does that mean?
07:43:51 : * seven cannot find that information. Where is it?
07:44:03 Testbaudson: above the pie chart
07:44:07 astroidex: https://www.ohloh.net/p/3712/contributors/15942918607129
07:44:08 sigq: Title: Mapbender Contributors - Christoph Baudson - Ohloh ( at www.ohloh.net )
07:45:33 Testbaudson: ah
07:45:39 Testbaudson: Development -> Enlistments
07:46:14 Testbaudson: seems like we would have to contact Ohloh
07:46:42 astroidex: yes
07:47:07 astroidex: I could send a mail
07:47:11 Testbaudson: thanks
07:47:22 : * seven found it now: Step 1 of 3: Downloading source code history ( Failed 4 months ago. )
07:47:41 seven: Thats about the time when the analysis stopped.
07:47:58 seven: astroidex: Can you please write that mail?
07:48:04 seven: Cc to dev
07:48:56 Testbaudson: any other topics?
07:48:57 astroidex: I am just dooing it
07:49:18 astroidex: 2.6
07:49:43 astroidex: when are we going to publish the next rc or version? any plans?
07:50:02 Testbaudson: I don't have any
07:50:23 Testbaudson: still 20 open tickets
07:50:40 Testbaudson: http://trac.osgeo.org/mapbender/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&milestone=2.6+release
07:50:41 sigq: Title: Custom Query - Mapbender - Trac ( at trac.osgeo.org )
07:51:00 astroidex: ok - so we try to fix them step by step
07:51:11 Testbaudson: as time permits
07:51:46 astroidex: yes - thats right
07:52:06 astroidex: but we should keep an eye on this.
07:52:18 Testbaudson: astroidex: do you have a date in mind?
07:52:55 astroidex: Maybe rc2 in the middle of may? I will test 2.6 in my next projects
07:53:12 astroidex: and if there are any bugs left....
07:53:24 seven: We could try to have a stable version out before Bolsena.
07:53:31 astroidex: good idea
07:53:43 seven: So that we don't spend our time on releasing "old" stuff
07:53:59 seven: but really have the chance to do something new
07:54:27 seven: But as Testbaudson said, it always depends on the available time.
07:54:42 Testbaudson: as the update procedure is still not as easy as it could be...
07:54:48 Testbaudson: there will be a 2.5.2
07:55:02 Testbaudson: with just bug fixes in the 2.5 branch
07:55:09 Testbaudson: for those who don't dare to update
07:55:22 Testbaudson: to the next major version
07:56:33 Testbaudson: any other topics?
07:56:51 : * seven can hear the clock strike six.
07:57:01 : * Testbaudson motions to close
07:57:06 seven: seconds
07:57:10 seven: +1
07:57:42 ur: +1
07:57:43 tbaschetti: +1
07:57:48 seven: Thanks.
07:57:49 seven: :- )
07:57:59 mandsch: thx, cu
07:58:03 astroidex: +1
07:58:12 seven: Bye
12:31:09 Zakaria: Hi