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[Rocketworkbench] project administrator

[Antoine L. <ant...@po...>]

Hi rocket developpers and reserchers!
I have receive email from three persons that would like to be project
administrator of the rocketworkbench project.

Ben Wheeler       - be...@go...
Geoff O'Callaghan - ge...@st...
Duncan McDonald   - du...@fa...

If there aren't any other propositions, I propose that each of them expose
shortly their interest in the project and that we make a choice together. I
am here until christmas and then leave for a month. I would like to clear
this issue before but can do it after if it is too quick. 

Chow

-- 
Antoine Lefebvre
ant...@po...

[Rocketworkbench] project administrator

[Antoine L. <ant...@po...>]

Hi everybody,
first of all i wish all of you a happy new years. Well, sorry, i miss=
 my own
christmas deadline myself and did not get lots of time as i am actual=
ly
traveling and organising my wedding.... well, both Geoff and Duncan a=
re
seriously interested in the project and wish that one of them take th=
e
administration of the rocketworkbench web site. I would prefer if the
decision come from you. Once done, i=B4ll update the status of your s=
ourceforge
account.

Have a nice year.

--=20
Antoine Lefebvre
ant...@po...

Re: [Rocketworkbench] project administrator

[Geoff O'C. <ge...@st...>]

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 15:13 -0500, Antoine Lefebvre wrote:
> Hi everybody,

[snip]

I have no problem with Duncan taking on the main project admin role...
It seems that 3 of us have discussed it... I'm not sure how many are
actually subscribed to the list - perhaps we have a quorum already :-)

Cheers
Geoff
 

Re: [Rocketworkbench] project administrator

[Ray R. <ar0...@ya...>]

--- Geoff O'Callaghan <ge...@st...> wrote:
> I have no problem with Duncan taking on the main
> project admin role...
> It seems that 3 of us have discussed it... I'm not
> sure how many are
> actually subscribed to the list - perhaps we have a
> quorum already :-)

Add my vote to the collection.  In general about the
admin job, all candidates sound well qualified and
enthusiastic.

Many thanks to Antoine for setting the RWB project in
the first place.


Ad Astra,

Ray


	
		
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RE: [Rocketworkbench] project administrator

[Duncan M. <du...@fa...>]

Hi,

I'm happy to take it on, but whatever. FYI, there are only 7 members on the
whole list today
(http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=2296). Arocket is
really the main area for discussion, conjecture, and gab fests and the
Rocketworkbench list is ancillary to Arocket for more focused discussions.
That is what I have seen over the course of Rocketworkbench anyway.
Rocketworkbench is primarily a storage repostory for project info. It is a
little different than the typical SF project with respect to the mailing
list because it really grew out of Arocket.

Thanks to Antoine for his hard work on Rocketworkbench and completion of
CPropep, Grain Design, and Rockflight. I hope many more projects are
completed!

Duncan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: roc...@li...
> [mailto:roc...@li...] On 
> Behalf Of Geoff O'Callaghan
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:11 PM
> To: roc...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Rocketworkbench] project administrator
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 15:13 -0500, Antoine Lefebvre wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> 
> [snip]
> 
> I have no problem with Duncan taking on the main project
> admin role... It seems that 3 of us have discussed it... I'm 
> not sure how many are actually subscribed to the list - 
> perhaps we have a quorum already :-)
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
>  
> 
> 
> 
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RE: [Rocketworkbench] project administrator

[Duncan M. <du...@fa...>]

Well I guess I missed the Christmas deadline! However, my interest in
Rocketworkbench is to keep it going as an open source resource for both
software and hardware for amateur rocketry. I have been working on (and
blogging at Rocketworkbench) my biprop ignitor for the last year or so. =
In
2005 I hope to add an open source altimeter project for rocket amateurs =
at
the site. This last year I have pretty much been maintaining the site,
including a partial rebuild when about half of the files mysteriously
disappeared. Fortunately I had back everything up! I really like the =
idea of
having a single web resource as opposed to eveeryone using their own web
sites, so I am happy to contribute to Rocketworkbench.

Duncan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: roc...@li...=20
> [mailto:roc...@li...] On=20
> Behalf Of Antoine Lefebvre
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:12 PM
> To: roc...@li...
> Subject: [Rocketworkbench] project administrator
>=20
>=20
> Hi rocket developpers and reserchers!
> I have receive email from three persons that would like to be=20
> project administrator of the rocketworkbench project.
>=20
> Ben Wheeler       - be...@go...
> Geoff O'Callaghan - ge...@st...
> Duncan McDonald   - du...@fa...
>=20
> If there aren't any other propositions, I propose that each=20
> of them expose shortly their interest in the project and that=20
> we make a choice together. I am here until christmas and then=20
> leave for a month. I would like to clear this issue before=20
> but can do it after if it is too quick.=20
>=20
> Chow
>=20
> --=20
> Antoine Lefebvre
> ant...@po...
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Re: [Rocketworkbench] project administrator

[Geoff O'C. <ge...@st...>]

On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 15:12 -0500, Antoine Lefebvre wrote:
> Hi rocket developpers and reserchers!
> I have receive email from three persons that would like to be project
> administrator of the rocketworkbench project.
> 

Hi,  

It looks like the xmas rush caught me as well.

Like Duncan, my goal is to keep rocketworkbench going as an open source
resource for all.   

However, initially, I didn't see how the entire Biprop igniter project
fits into the ideals of the rocketworkbench project as it is supposed to
be for the development of rocket design software - some aspects of it
does.   See http://rocketworkbench.sourceforge.net/goal.phtml

What I would like to see is the development of a design tools that
integrate well to allow for rapid software based design/prototyping.   

Software based prototyping is worthless unless the results can be
validated by actual testing - so rocketworkbench will need hardware
testing....  Perhaps that's where the goals of projects like the Biprop
igniter fits into things.  ie.  Hardware developed to provide unit
testing for the software :-)  Don't get me wrong - the Biprop igniter
project is good stuff,  I'm just conscious of the goals of the SF
website - An open source software development website - and of the
stated goals of the rocketworkbench project.   

I like the idea of a community based rocketry site, but I don't think
SF.net is the place.  

I hope everyone had a great xmas/new year

Cheers
Geoff

RE: [Rocketworkbench] project administrator

[Duncan M. <du...@fa...>]

Hi Geoff and Everyone,

Good point on the HW versus SW angle and it is worth discussing. First,
although SF is strictly speaking a SW development forum, there are lots =
of
combined hardware/software projects (autopilot, robotics, R/C, etc). The
ignitor will have (in the not too distant future!) a microcontroller =
with
code stored in flash and other avionic assemblies will undoubtedly have =
both
HW and SW so that fits reasonably well with SF. On the other hand there =
is
lots of rocket stuff that is purely mechanical but would still be open
source. Furthermore, even purely mechanical designs need to be =
documented
and revision controlled, and CSV is very handy for that. Sourceforge =
seems
kind of convenient for all types of designs in my mind, but the most
important point is that I would vastly prefer to keep all of Arockets
community efforts in one place whether it be pure software for rocket
development (simulation, propulsion, CFD, etc), HW/SW for avionic or
electromechanical, or pure hardware. I guess the alternative to SF is to
create a project area on Arocket that has CSV for version control.=20

What do you folks think? Geoff, from your email you seem to be of the =
mind
to keep Rocketworkbench SW only as far as I can see.

Happy New Year to all, and may you complete all of the projects you =
start
this year!

Duncan



> -----Original Message-----
> From: roc...@li...=20
> [mailto:roc...@li...] On=20
> Behalf Of Geoff O'Callaghan
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 4:47 PM
> To: roc...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Rocketworkbench] project administrator
>=20
>=20
> On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 15:12 -0500, Antoine Lefebvre wrote:
> > Hi rocket developpers and reserchers!
> > I have receive email from three persons that would like to=20
> be project=20
> > administrator of the rocketworkbench project.
> >=20
>=20
> Hi, =20
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> It looks like the xmas rush caught me as well.
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> Like Duncan, my goal is to keep rocketworkbench going as an=20
> open source
> resource for all.  =20
>=20
> However, initially, I didn't see how the entire Biprop=20
> igniter project fits into the ideals of the rocketworkbench=20
> project as it is supposed to be for the development of rocket=20
> design software - some aspects of it
> does.   See http://rocketworkbench.sourceforge.net/goal.phtml
>=20
> What I would like to see is the development of a design tools that
> integrate well to allow for rapid software based=20
> design/prototyping.  =20
>=20
> Software based prototyping is worthless unless the results=20
> can be validated by actual testing - so rocketworkbench will=20
> need hardware testing....  Perhaps that's where the goals of=20
> projects like the Biprop igniter fits into things.  ie. =20
> Hardware developed to provide unit testing for the software=20
> :-)  Don't get me wrong - the Biprop igniter project is good=20
> stuff,  I'm just conscious of the goals of the SF website -=20
> An open source software development website - and of the
> stated goals of the rocketworkbench project.  =20
>=20
> I like the idea of a community based rocketry site, but I=20
> don't think SF.net is the place. =20
>=20
> I hope everyone had a great xmas/new year
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> Cheers
> Geoff
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RE: [Rocketworkbench] project administrator

[Geoff O'C. <ge...@st...>]

On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 17:40 -0800, Duncan McDonald wrote:
> Hi Geoff and Everyone,
> 

[snip]

> 
> What do you folks think? Geoff, from your email you seem to be of the mind
> to keep Rocketworkbench SW only as far as I can see.
> 

No, not at all.   I'm happy for the combo if a) SF doesn't care or a
precedence has already been set and b) it's within the stated goals of
the project.  I was simply putting forward the documented project goals
and the stated purpose of SF.net.  If the goal needs to be extended then
the community can decide.  

> Happy New Year to all, and may you complete all of the projects you start
> this year!
> 

That'd be nice :-)

-goc-