On Thu, 2011-10-20 at 08:10 -0700, Mike Noyes wrote: > Subject was: Re: [leaf-devel] Separate Git branch for 4.1-fixes ? > On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 20:59 +0200, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: > - snip - > > Also the leaf-user list is quiet - are there no users any longer, or are > > they just satisfied with the work and use LEAF silently? > > KP, > Unknown. Leaf-user shows 459 members, so there are still people paying > some level of attention to leaf.
Everyone, All marketing ideas are welcome. > > The 190 downloads in two weeks may also be a good number, given that LEAF > > has zero press in the last years > > This is my fault. I haven't worked on marketing since we discontinued > our project domain (leaf-project.org). Nor have I updated our website. > > * No listing on distrowatch.com Anyone with time and desire, feel free to attend to this task. > * Old website I suggest we backup the content in phpWebsite, and change the default website to: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/ -> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/leaf/ Add prominent links to: Trac, IdeaTorrent, and Gitweb http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/leaf/ http://sourceforge.net/apps/ideatorrent/leaf/ http://leaf.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb-index.cgi Old phpWebsite content backup: http://leaf.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/leaf/sourceforge/phpwebsite/ > * Haven't installed hook script for git commit mailing list I'll attend to this. > The cumulative effect of these problems may make our project look dead > to the casual observer. > > > - though I do believe it's as good as any other small distro given the > > task it's developed for. > > Agreed. > > > Maybe it's lack of press is related to the lack of a fancy web-interface, > > but then that's something *I* do not care about. > > Unfortunately, a GUI is expected by the majority of end users. > > Examples: > LuCI > http://luci.subsignal.org/ > > Unified Configuration Interface (UCI) > http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci > http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/techref/uci > > > > I use LEAF for years as a rock-solid and as safe as possible software for > > my routers - and it just works. > > Agreed, but I switched to OpenWRT quite a few years ago. It just made > sense for my small home network. Routers like Netgear's WNDR3700v2 are > more than sufficient for lots of users. -- Mike Noyes http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes https://profiles.google.com/mhnoyes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Ciosco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
