Dear FOSDEM organizers, I'd like to make a few small updates to my colleague's submission. (I'm one of the mentors of the project.)
On Oct 3, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Roberto Galoppini wrote: > (sent on behalf of the Apache Allura Podling: > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/allura.html <http://s.apache.org/PI0> ) > > * Devroom name: Apache Allura > > * Description > > Apache Allura, formerly known as Allura, is the forge platform backing The project name is officially "Apache Allura (Incubating)", as the Apache Software Foundation does not permit us to refer to it as simply "Apache Allura" during the incubation process. > SourceForge and other forges around the world. The project has been > incubated at the Apache Software Foundation since June 2012. While the > podling is still in its early stage, new developers have joined our > mailing-list and start working on new features and ideas. > > > * Project URLs > - http://incubator.apache.org/allura/ Please use http://sf.net/p/allura instead as the project URL, as the URL listed above isn't yet active within the Apache Incubator infrastructure. > > * Why should FOSDEM accept this proposal? > > The Apache Allura podling is already attracting new volunteers and is able > to successfully engage them. Recent > contributions, like the work-in-progress integration with the software > metrics tools created by Bitergia, will allow both people from academia and > new developers with the possibility to face interesting challenges, and > there are also tasks available for non-developers (docs, etc). > > An Apache Allura devroom would allow existing volunteers to meet and discuss > future developments, and users and potential new volunteers to learn how > they can help the project, thanks to presentations and hacking sessions > spanning a broad range of topics. -- Rich Bowen [email protected] || [email protected] Shosholoza
