>>>>> "Sandip" == Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sandip> Ramneek Handa wrote:
>> project. i was concerned about one thing that i never get any
>> mails about linux programming and stuff... Why dont we put up
>> another list or website for those who are interested in
>> programming more than installation, social work, and promoting
>> linux. We could probably start our own open
>>
Sandip> I agree that we hardly have programming issues coming up
Sandip> on this list, but there is perhaps a reason. And the
Sandip> reason is the way evolution of UG or user groups as it
Sandip> takes place in every country or city.
Sandip> At first there is a topic of interest and people of a
Sandip> country with common interest join in and the list/group
Sandip> grows. Soon there are so many people in the group and
Sandip> large number of geographically common people show up and
Sandip> the need for a regional group arises with the birth of
Sandip> local LUGs.
Sandip> ILUGD has mainly been a regionalisation of the linux india
Sandip> initiative with focus on solving common
Sandip> installation/maintenance issues and linux envangelism. As
Sandip> such from the ratio of mails in LIH and LIP you can gauge
Sandip> the ratio of need for the various topics. Over the last
Sandip> two years, LIP or the Linux India Programmers list has
Sandip> grown from a handful of people. But the size isn't large
Sandip> enough for regionalisation. In other words, yes, you can
Sandip> go ahead and start a programmers list under ilugd right
Sandip> now(as I had once requested a year or two back), but the
Sandip> two points - traffic and henceforth the usefulness can be
Sandip> a real hamper.
If you look at it, programming isn't such a regional activity as other
LUG activities. E.g. there are very few cases when programmers (from
different projects/companies) actually need to meet to solve a common
problem, etc. Maybe that's one reason there aren't any local
programming Special Interest Groups.
However, if enough people see a good reason to have a local
programming-related list (and associated activities) there's no reason
why we shouldn't start one. We can do this through a poll, or we can
just start a list provisionally and see what sort of responses we get.
Sandip> The reason is definitely because of the still fledgling
Sandip> software development on the linux plarform in India or the
Sandip> relatively few Indians involved in software development on
Sandip> this platform in the world. But my advice would be to sign
Sandip> up on the linux-india-programmers list if you are
Sandip> interested in programming. Most of the programmers of
Sandip> ilugd are signed up there anyway. On top of that LIP has
Sandip> some really good people on it, and due to being relatively
Sandip> low traffic, your problems/discussions will get much more
Sandip> attention by people. You can still discuss programming on
Sandip> this list - only you would get a smaller audience. Maybe
Sandip> in future LIP would grow large enough with a lot of
Sandip> programmers in and around Delhi to merit a separete
Sandip> mailing list under ilugd.
I agree, the overall quality of posts and responses in LIP is pretty
high quality. Anyone seriously into Linux/Unix programming should
definitely consider subscribing to that, irrespective of whether we
have a local list or not.
Regards,
-- Raju
--
Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
It is the mind that moves
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