I'm not sure at all, but it was a suggestion. Can someone open a ticket on the github so we can have a discussion there.
There are 2 issues. 1) We need to be able to identify which are OSGeo incubated projects vs others. This is a technical issue that will get solved quickly (see my previous mail with links) 2) We need a way to sort/order/rank projects when many are displayed. This is a philosophical decision we will have to make as a group and then implement technically. I have no pre-conceptions as to what we should do for 2), but I would like us to do it with as big of a pool of projects as possible. It makes sense to me to carefully go through ALL the workshops and presentations from FOSS4G and make sure *every* project represented in this set has a corresponding presence on the site. This is what I mean by Big Tent thinking. Happy to be having this discussion ... it means no-one is so bothered by the stretched logos etc ... and assume that will get fixed :) On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:52 AM, María Arias de Reyna <delawen+os...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you sure ordering by rank is a good idea (whatever the rank is)? > That leaves small projects behind... > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I should also point out that it has been suggested that we have a way >> to 'rank' projects in these pages somehow that indicates their >> popularity ... for instance when we have a page of all OSGeo projects >> like the one linked below. Perhaps we can use the number of GitHub >> stars or some objective metric to accomplish this? >> >> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/mapping-and-cartography/desktop-mapping/ >> >> Also, we have alot of work to do to make the "Choose a Project" wizard >> work properly, but its one part of the site that is *very* important >> to us. Please keep an eye on this section and we encourage feedback >> ... but understand its not working to our satisfaction yet either. >> >> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Moritz Lennert >>> <mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> wrote: >>>> On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with >>>>> the vendor today. >>>>> >>>>> There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent >>>>> responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in >>>>> myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project >>>>> wizard. What do we do about projects that have simply atrophied, but >>>>> are still considered OSGeo projects? >>>>> >>>>> I *really* want us to adopt the mantra of "Bigger tent, more >>>>> people/groups/projects under it" ... Small tent thinking wont get us >>>>> very far. >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm not sure that I've read a lot of small tent thinking. Most comments >>>> were >>>> about priorities in the way projects are displayed on the OSGeo website, >>>> not >>>> about excluding non-OSGeo (understood here as projects that have not >>>> undergone a formal process to be labeled) projects from the website. >>>> >>>> I agree that the current website does not correspond to what I would >>>> expect. >>>> I also am guilty of not having reacted earlier (although you have to admit >>>> that the actual form of the website with actual project descriptions has >>>> only been available to us in the last days). I personally would also plead >>>> for highlighting OSGeo projects more than what the current form does. >>> >>> Again, this is the very first item on the list for our meeting in 15 >>> minutes with the vendor. >>> >>> One technical thing to note. For some reason the 'cards' on the >>> homepage do NOT yet show the badge for the type of project, but the >>> final pages of the Choose a project Wizard do. Check these 2 pages to >>> see what I mean. >>> >>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/ >>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/publish/content-management/ >>> >>> Note the latter has the badge in the upper right corner. >>> >>> We will get these badges on the main projects pages ASAP today and >>> that should help further the conversation. >>> >>> >>>> This does not diminish in any way my profound respect and awe in front of >>>> what the team has been able to pull off. I think the reactions on the list >>>> just show how important this work is for everyone ! >>>> >>>> Moritz >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
