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Re: [Slashcode-general] Renaming the fork of Slashcode
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From: Alexandre L. <ale...@ec...> - 2011-02-08 21:17:37
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I think the point is instead of 'forking and renaming' slashcode, would be to just update slashcode and continue to use its name. If former developers agrees of course (why wouldn't they?). good luck - Alex -- Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., ing. Section de la réponse aux urgences environnementales / Environmental Emergency Response Section Centre météorologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre Environnement Canada / Environment Canada ale...@ec... - (514) 421-5024 On 02/08/11 16:13, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > But, that is what we are doing ... forking hte project, and workingot > re-vitalize it ... once we get the initial infrastructure in place, we'll > do an announce to this list, and make a request to Jamie et al to put > something on the main page of the slashcode web site pointing ppl to the > new site ... > > On Tue, 8 Feb 2011, George Taft wrote: > >> Well, after sleeping on it, I have a new thought. >> >> To date, "Slash" has been the Software. "Slashcode" has been the >> "Slash Open Source Project," as the site at slashcode.com calls >> itself. >> >> The Software, those of us still here agree, has utility and is worth >> continuing to develop. But users have almost all drifted away because >> the Project has suffered from a profound lack of attention. That would >> be because those of us still here all but do not include the Slashdot >> team, who greatly reduced their priority to the Project in favor of >> Slashdot itself. >> >> I notice that Chris Nandor, the last person to post an article at >> slashcode.com, <a >> href="http://use.perl.org/~pudge/journal/40493">stopped working for >> Slashdot/GeekNet as of 2010Q4.</a> He put the use.perl.org site on >> hiatus before he quit. I'm betting that he no longer considers >> Slashcode a priority, either. Jamie McCarthy, the second-to-last to >> post an article, works for GeekNet but not Slashdot. (Jamie has >> contacted us with words of encouragement.) >> >> All this begs the question: why have we not asked the Slashdot team if >> they wouldn't mind if someone else took over altogether the "Slash >> Open Source Project" that is slashcode.com? >> >> == George >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Marc G. Fournier <sc...@hu...> wrote: >>> On Tue, 8 Feb 2011, Andre-John Mas wrote: >>> >>>> Or a small variation: >>>> >>>> SlashCode-NG >>> I could go for that one ... any nay's on that? >>> >>> >>>> On 8-Feb-2011, at 10:07, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >>>> >>>>> Cute :) >>>>> >>>>> None of them *really* ring though, now do they? :) >>>>> >>>>> Just so that we don't get hung up on a name and never actually move >>>>> forward with the critical stuff, u nless anyone has something that >>>>> *rings* >>>>> to put forward, does anyone have any disagreements with just going with: >>>>> >>>>> SlashTNG >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, George Taft wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Oh, I love this thread. I like Backslash and Solidus. I came up with: >>>>>> >>>>>> Slashback >>>>>> Slasher >>>>>> Slashout >>>>>> >>>>>> Slapdash >>>>>> StrikeThat >>>>>> >>>>>> SlashAndBurn >>>>>> SlashAndCarry >>>>>> SlashCut >>>>>> SlashedPotatoes >>>>>> SlashinthePan >>>>>> >>>>>> Things that slash: >>>>>> -- pirates; swashbucklers >>>>>> -- a spare in bowling >>>>>> -- a slash is a stroke; stricken; struck >>>>>> >>>>>> == George >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Marc G. Fournier <sc...@hu...> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> As far as domains are concerned, both are already taken ... :( >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, Larson, Timothy E. wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 'k, since SlashCode belongs to the Slashdot folks, we need to rename >>>>>>>>> th >>>>>>>>> efork ot someting different ... I want like to somehow keep some sort >>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>> 'history in the name' ... anyone got better then SlashTNG? PortalSC >>>>>>>>> (SC >>>>>>>>> == Slashcode)? Something better ... ? >>>>>>>> Backslash (Slash is back)? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Solidus (the typography geek in me comes out)? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tim >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Tim Larson >>>>>>>> App Admin, Intercall Production Services >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---- >>>>>>> Marc G. 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Fournier Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. >>> sc...@hu... http://www.hub.org >>> >>> Yahoo:yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ:7615664 MSN:sc...@hu... >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: >> Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. >> Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. >> Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb >> _______________________________________________ >> Slashcode-general mailing list >> Sla...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/slashcode-general >> > > ---- > Marc G. 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