Evergreen ILS Project
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| − | |Evergreen has instructions for New contributors, including IRc chat, mailing lists, Facebook, etc. [https://evergreen-ils.org/about-us/ here] | + | |Evergreen has instructions for New contributors, including IRc chat, mailing lists, Facebook, etc. [https://evergreen-ils.org/about-us/ here], a Developer overview [https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=eg_developer_overview here], code formating standards [https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=code_formatting_standards here], and general contribution guidelines and conventions [https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=contributing here]. |
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| '''Community Norms''' | | '''Community Norms''' | ||
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| − | |The evergreen community appears respectful and professional, | + | |The evergreen community appears respectful and professional, and the closest thing to rules are in the [https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=contributing developer conventions page]. For reference on communications, view the [https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen bug tracker] or any other communication avenue on the [https://evergreen-ils.org/about-us/ "about" page]. |
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| '''User Base''' | | '''User Base''' | ||
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| − | | | + | |The Evergreen project works with a number of libraries across the globe, viewable [https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_libraries here] |
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| '''Total Score''' | | '''Total Score''' | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 20 July 2017
The Project
The EverGreen site claims it is a: "highly-scalable software for libraries that helps library patrons find library materials, and helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials, no matter how large or complex the libraries."
Evaluation Scoring
| Evaluation Factor | Level (0-2) |
Evaluation Data |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing | 2 | Evergreen claims to be under the GNU GPL, "version 2 or better". |
| Language | ??? | For a breakdown of Evergreen's languages, look here. It primarily utilizes SQL (29%), JavaScript (23.9), Perl (21.4), XML (11.2), and C (7.5). |
| Level of Activity | ||
| Number of Contributors | 2 | from the Evergreen "about" page: "The Evergreen development community is still growing, with about eleven active committers and roughly 80 individuals who have contributed patches (as of April, 2016)." |
| Product Size | 2 | Evergreen is a large project, with over 500,000 lines of code. For a breakdown, look here. |
| Issue Tracker | The Evergreen bug tracker has over 1,000 reported bugs. However, some - even those ranked high in important, either do not get resolved, or get resolved slowly. There are only 14 bugs with patches. Either Evergreen does not patch a lot of bugs, or does not report the patching. | |
| New Contributor | 2 | Evergreen has instructions for New contributors, including IRc chat, mailing lists, Facebook, etc. here, a Developer overview here, code formating standards here, and general contribution guidelines and conventions here. |
| Community Norms | 1.5 | The evergreen community appears respectful and professional, and the closest thing to rules are in the developer conventions page. For reference on communications, view the bug tracker or any other communication avenue on the "about" page. |
| User Base | 2 | The Evergreen project works with a number of libraries across the globe, viewable here |
| Total Score |
