From: Andrew N. <as...@gm...> - 2009-09-03 14:15:47
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We had some made up for the ALA Midwinter 2008 conference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carvedhearts/2192159023/ I think I have one or two spares lying around..... On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Osullivan L. <L.O...@sw...>wrote: > Can we get some t-shirts printed with a snazzy slogan? > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Andrew Nagy [mailto:as...@gm...] > *Sent:* 02 September 2009 19:58 > *To:* Demian Katz > *Cc:* vuf...@li...; > vuf...@li... > *Subject:* Re: [VuFind-Tech] VuFind Development: Next Steps > > > > Thanks Demian for sending this out. Im really excited about getting VuFind > back on track and better organized. > > Go Team VuFind! > > Andrew > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Demian Katz <dem...@vi...> > wrote: > > Please excuse the cross-posting -- I just want to be sure that this reaches > the largest possible audience. > > > > I've just returned from a meeting between Andrew Nagy and a team from > Villanova where we discussed the future of VuFind and did some brainstorming > to figure out the best way to keep development on track. We reached three > broad conclusions: > > > > 1.) We should put together an official group of VuFind admins so that the > project has more structured leadership. Andrew's time is too limited to > guide the project alone, but it is useful to have a defined authority to > make decisions about major directions for development and to set timetables > for releases. The exact nature of this admin group will depend on how many > people express interest in joining it -- see action items below. > > > > 2.) We should be making better use of JIRA. This is a useful tool for > tracking problems, coordinating development efforts, and setting > milestones. It's more flexible and easier to keep up to date than the > static milestone pages on the website. > > > > 3.) We need a stable trunk -- much has been said about this already. The > bottom line is that once we get the current code stabilized and ready for > release, we have to start using development branches to ensure that the > trunk itself is always stable. I'm sure we'll discuss this in more detail > once the time comes. > > > > To turn these conclusions into tangible action, we need a few things from > the community at large: > > > > A.) If you are interested in being a part of the VuFind admin group, please > speak up. If you want to nominate somebody else, that could be helpful too. > We want the group to be diverse and representative yet small enough to > actually get things done at a reasonable pace. Once we know how much > interest is out there, we can determine the ideal size and, if necessary, > selection process for the group. > > > > B.) Please set up a JIRA account and look around if you haven't already ( > http://www.vufind.org/jira/). I'm going to be spending some time over the > next few days looking over and cleaning up existing entries. If you know of > issues that are unresolved and unlisted, please add them. If you entered > entries that are now resolved, please close them. If you have opinions > about how we could use this tool better, please share them. > > > > C.) Any help you can provide toward stabilizing the trunk would be greatly > appreciated. Andrew has some outstanding changes that he still needs to > commit. I have been doing minor cleanup here and there as I notice issues. > If you fix minor bugs and have SVN commit access, please commit fixes. If > you don't have commit access, feel free to submit patches through JIRA (and > send me an email if you feel like they aren't being noticed quickly > enough). If you run into problems but don't know how to fix them, bring > them to the tech list for discussion. If you have time, do some generalized > testing; click on everything and let us know about anything that doesn't > work. Ideally, everything in the interface should either be made to work or > turned off until it can be fully implemented. > > > > All of your help, past and future, is greatly appreciated, and I look > forward to making great progress over the next few months. > > > > - Demian > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Vufind-tech mailing list > Vuf...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-tech > > > |