linuxconsole-dev

Sourceforge project

[Johann D. <jo...@Do...>]

Hi,

I've just had en eye to the sourceforge services the project is supposed
to use. One of these services is the forums. There are two of them: Help
and Open dicussions. Obviously, few of us ever consult them.
I think we should either keep an eye on those, leave messages to redirect
people to this mailing list, or close these forums.
Leaving this part abandonned may make people think the project is also
abandonned.

Another point is that perhaps we should release the input-part of the
project using the File List feature. Indeed, all the input stuff looks
pretty stable, and should be already fairly usable by end-users (not only
hackers).
I am personnaly involved in one of the input drivers (iforce), and I used
to distribute a patch containing the iforce driver from my own web
page. The patch actually contains all the input-related files. Should I
use the linuxconsole sourceforge site instead ?

-- 
Johann Deneux

Re: Sourceforge project

[James S. <jsi...@tr...>]

> I think we should either keep an eye on those, leave messages to redirect
> people to this mailing list, or close these forums.
> Leaving this part abandonned may make people think the project is also
> abandonned.

Hm. Does anyone here want to actually use it?

> Another point is that perhaps we should release the input-part of the
> project using the File List feature. Indeed, all the input stuff looks
> pretty stable, and should be already fairly usable by end-users (not only
> hackers).

I agree. Please place it their. The input stuff is pretty stable. We
should probably break it into pieces. 

Re: Sourceforge project

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

* James Simmons <jsi...@tr...> on Tue, Nov 13, 2001:

>=20
> > I think we should either keep an eye on those, leave messages to redire=
ct
> > people to this mailing list, or close these forums.
> > Leaving this part abandonned may make people think the project is also
> > abandonned.
>=20
> Hm. Does anyone here want to actually use it?
>=20

I doubt it, even so, I think everyone here prefers the mailing lists.  If
there is a need for a more user-oriented "forum", then we should create a
'linuxconsole-user' or 'linuxconsole-help' mailing list.

<opinion>Forums are just another example of SourceForge piling on more crud
to their exterior interface, creating duplication where none is
needed</opinion> :P

M. R.

Re: Sourceforge project

[James S. <jsi...@tr...>]

> > Hm. Does anyone here want to actually use it?
> > 
> 
> I doubt it, even so, I think everyone here prefers the mailing lists.  If
> there is a need for a more user-oriented "forum", then we should create a
> 'linuxconsole-user' or 'linuxconsole-help' mailing list.
> 
> <opinion>Forums are just another example of SourceForge piling on more crud
> to their exterior interface, creating duplication where none is
> needed</opinion> :P

Okay so everyone okay with not using it.