On 08/16/2013 02:22 PM, Roberto Galoppini wrote: > 2013/8/16 Daniel Gruno <rum...@cord.dk> > >> On 08/15/2013 08:02 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: >>> Oone of the compelling things about the Allura project is that it >>> provides a unified software forge, while Apache projects tend to operate >>> with a loosely coupled (or completely uncoupled) set of tools to develop >>> their code. >>> >>> While one is usually reluctant to spam the entire committer@ list with >>> ... well, with anything ... >> It's been done before (I did it once, not too long ago) and with great >> success. People tend to be positive towards receiving such mails, if >> they are well crafted and explain exactly _why_ projects would benefit >> from using this software. >> >>> it may be useful to send a (well written) >>> message to committers@ that says: >>> >>> 1) Here's what Allura does. >> If you're going to send to committers@, I'd put emphasis on what it does >> _for projects such as Apache projects_, and not so much on _everything >> it does_. So emphasis on collaboration (and exactly how this is >> achieved, 'cause we know Allura is kind'a good at that ;) ) would be a >> good thing. >> > > Daniel would you be open to draft a message in this sense? Given your > experience with Apache projects and your knowledge of Allura I believe > you'd be able to capture the essence of what matters most to Apache folks. > I'd be delighted to do so, however, as Rich and others have stated, it'd be real swell if we could get a forge up and running beforehand. That way, the email to the committers could point to actual running demos showing various nice features about Allura, so people won't have to just read about it, but can try it out immediately as well.
Having said that, I'll get started on a draft about the services and send them to the list when it's ready for some critiquing :) With regards, Daniel.
