As harmony is just getting started, there is a great deal of good suggestions, questions and offers for help. Ever since the Slashdot announcement I personally think that the number of people whom have joined and offered their services has clearly gone up and to promote organization I'm proposing a naming scheme for subject of emails. The Bulletin board style tags are just to promote reading ease.
First lets look at what seem to be the larger topics of discussion. [BigCategories] JVM: The Java Virtual Machine, where to start, different available codebases and strategies. Compiler: Creating a javac like tool. Documentation: It's always easier to document as you go along and well documented code can save tons of time in tracking down bugs. Libraries: Which ones to choose or develop individually Tools: The associated java tools, applet viewer, jar, etc. Introduction: This would be used for if your'e introducing yourself, listing prior experience, etc. DevPriority: The overall discussion of which parts of harmony should be developed first. Target OS: Seems small but it doesn't belong as a part of any other so it gets its own. Licensing: Should really be a minor concern for now, once we pick up steam this issue will be logically sorted out. It's and inter-dependancy (i apologize if i used the word wrong), choosing a licence effects our code base choices and visa-versa Organization: How things should be organized. [/BigCategories] Below these would be sub-categories that would provide more insight into the larger topic. [SmallCategories] Suggestion: General suggestion(s) for a particular topic. Questions: Questions about a particular topic. DevPriority: Probably shouldn't be used yet, would be used for sub-development. i.e. What order things should be developed for the compiler. Organization: How things should be organized. [/SmallCategories] So say for example you wanted to send a brand new suggestion for the JVM the topic of the post would be "JVM--Suggestion" and if you wanted to ask a questions about a compiler it would be "Compiler--question" and so on like that. This should be friendly for both threaded and un-threaded mail clients. And under this system this mail would be "Organization--Organization" but for now that's irrelevant. I think this system would really help focus the group and allow people to easily tune in to what interests them and keep a tab on the general flow of the project, while right now things seem a bit "willy-nilly". What do you think? -- ~Bryce Leo --Veritas Vos Liberabis--
