[Lcd4linux-devel] Improvement ideas for Project accessibility [WAS: Re: lcd4linux - My message to the devel-list]

[Robert B. <ro...@th...>]

Hi again,

I am making this two emails because there's some things that I think
could greatly improve the visibility and accessibility of the project.
Most of these were related to me just getting to know it :-)

1. Who can post to the mailing list?

Michael Reinelt schrieb:
>> On a side note, don't you think it would be a good idea to close the
>> list for non-subscribers, that would stop the big amount of spam coming
>> over it.
> Hmmm.... I think this is the same question as with the wiki: I think if
> I close it, there will be far less traffic (it's already (too) low
> traffic I think)
>
> Speaking for myself, if I want to report a bug or something similar to a
> project, and I need to be subscribed, I wont. But as always, YMMV.

But is the mailing list the right place for this?
First, there are trackers at sourceforge and at bublix.org which are
much easier for reporting and handling bugs that a mailing list.
Second, you don't get the replies to the list-report if you are not
subscribed.


2. Mailing list archive

Currently, I cannot see the mail messages at sourceforge.
Maybe it would be a good idea to also use an alternative archiving
service. There's a great one for archiving open source mailing lists and
viewing them, called GMANE, I am sure you heard about it.

You can publish the mailing list at gmane using
http://gmane.org/subscribe.php

As group name, you could use gmane.comp.sysutils.lcd4linux. That would
be on the same name hierarchy as lcdproc, or some other sub-name of
gmane.comp.

Example Views:
 * List page: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
 * Frame view: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel


3. Double bug trackers

As the trac-tracker is currently used for development, I suggest closing
the sourceforge-trackers since two points for having bugs reported or
searching bugs might not be wise.
You cannot close the trackers, but hide them from the public in
sourceforge at
Admin -> Tracker -> Tracker Administration -> *tracker* -> Update
preferences -> Visibility of this Tracker -> Not visible (hidden)


4. SVN web view not working

... but I guess you know that already :-)


Bye,

Robert