thanks, is your platform suitable for newbies? ie: java/javascript developers looking to get into embedded programming?
David On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:12 AM, aditi hilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > You can search our mailing archives if you have something specific in > mind: https://lists.apache.org/[email protected] < > https://lists.apache.org/[email protected]> > You can also post a question as a new thread to dev@ mailing list. > Currently we do not have a users@ mailing list and we will wait for > responses to this summary for 72 hours before submitting the new list > request (provided there is consensus or no opposition). > > thanks, > aditi > > > On May 25, 2016, at 10:36 AM, David Moshal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, as a newcomer, any help getting started would be appreciated! > > > > David > > > > > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:49 AM, aditi hilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Thank you for pitching in your thoughts regarding a users@ mailing list > >> for Apache Mynewt. The majority indicated it was a good idea as long as > the > >> developers subscribed to it too. Here are the takeaways: > >> > >> * It is less intimidating for a newcomer to the project to ask for help > >> installing/using Mynewt, device builds etc. on a users@ mailing list. > We > >> want to attract a lot of new users and expand the community; so having a > >> separate users@ mailing list that doesn’t scare new users away would > help. > >> * Developers learn a lot from issues being faced by the users and can > >> improve product based on the discussions there; so they are strongly > >> encouraged (and expected) to subscribe to both users@ and dev@ mailing > >> lists. > >> * A more intuitive interface for the mail archives with an efficient > >> search functionality would be immensely helpful to all. > >> > >> I will request infrastructure to set up a users@ mailing list and > update > >> the documentation. We will use the new lists interface for Apache (Pony > >> Mail) to make search easier and see whether we need to migrate to other > >> options such as mark mail and nabble). > >> > >> thanks, > >> aditi > >
