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--
