Michael, Sounds good. Perhaps Prescott can get a few design ideas put together before the weekend, one can be selected, and over the weekend you can refine it to a more finished state?
Regarding real-time chat, I've been using IRC via http://webchat.freenode.net/ in #lucene.net. Thanks, Troy On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Michael Herndon <mhern...@o19s.com> wrote: > I've been keeping up on the e-mail items as they floods in ;) > > Design: > > Layout and clean readable typography are probably whats important at this > point till other things fall into place. > > I can probably help with design / css. Though still recovering from work & > recent sickness (tis that time of year). So my responses will probably > short and far between in the next week or so. (are there examples or links > of designs that anyone is partial towards?) > > Also, I'm already leaning towards hudson since we're limited to CI choices > supported by apache. Though if anyone has compelling arguments/ideas for > the other available options, I would love to hear them. Lets make sure that > we do not drop the ball on this. > > If anyone needs my aim or skype and some time to talk/shoot ideas back and > forth let me know. (or maybe an IRC channel). > > - Michael > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Prescott Nasser <geobmx...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> >> I'm out of town this weekend, but I'm hoping to get one or two designs >> (likely just screenshots) attached to the JIRA so people can give me some >> feedback. I'll make it quick turn around and won't leave it open for >> feedback long though. If anyone has ideas / thoughts, samples they like, >> comment on the JIRA for the website stuff. >> >> I spoke with Troy this evening and it's likely after we get the logo >> contest completed we'd redesign to fit the logo better - so I'm not too >> worried about what this first iteration looks like. >> >> Also, I am not a designer ;) >> >> ~P >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> > From: thowar...@gmail.com >> > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:32:03 -0800 >> > To: lucene-net-dev@lucene.apache.org >> > Subject: [Lucene.Net] Lucene.Net Tasks due by 2/28 >> > >> > All, >> > >> > I've recently been updating JIRA a lot and that's causing a lot of >> > noise on the dev list. Also, because of that noise, I fear that some >> > of the more important details of those changes might be passing by >> > unnoticed. >> > >> > Mostly, I'm trying to get the project cleaned up by the end of the >> > month. The goal is that March will represent a month of building out >> > our new infrastructure and creating our first new release as a team >> > (2.9.4). To that end, I'd like to resolve some of the outstanding >> > questions about tooling so we can get started building out solutions >> > with those tools. Also, I'd like to see our new status and efforts >> > announced publicly, but I'm hesitant to draw much attention to the >> > project until the website is updated. >> > >> > Additionally, I'd like to take a moment to apologize a bit for moving >> > at such a rapid pace. I realize this is not sustainable and could >> > cause some people to feel alienated if they don't have the time or >> > energy right this second to match that pace. I also feel a bit >> > self-conscious and am concerned that I'm being a little to much 'me', >> > and perhaps not enough 'we'. >> > >> > I have been taking a lot of liberty regarding the project direction, >> > bypassing some opportunities for community discussion and voting, in >> > the interests of pushing the project forward and catching up a bit of >> > lost time. Once we get past this initial push, I hope that we can slow >> > down a bit, and maintain a healthy forward-moving pace with plenty of >> > time allotted for discussion, group decision making and voting. The >> > Apache Way is the way this project will succeed and thrive, and that >> > requires all of us. >> > >> > >> > So, that said, the outstanding tasks, which we can hopefully complete >> > by next Monday are: >> > >> > Troy Howard: >> > LUCENENET-381 - Official release of Lucene.Net 2.9.2 >> > >> > Sergey Mirvoda: >> > LUCENENET-398 - LUCENENET-391 Prepare the code for ingestion >> > >> > Michael Herndon: >> > LUCENENET-400 - Evaluate tooling for continuous integration server >> > >> > Prescott Nasser: >> > LUCENENET-379 - Clean up Lucene.Net website >> > LUCENENET-379 / LUCENENET-403 - Improve site layout and design >> > LUCENENET-379 / LUCENENET-402 - Update website to reflect current >> > status and information >> > LUCENENET-379 / LUCENENET-401 - Update website to be Apache CMS based >> > >> > Alex Thompson: >> > LUCENENET-380 - Evaluate Sharpen as a port tool >> > >> > Does anyone feel less than confident about being able to complete >> > those tasks on that schedule? Need any help? Want to change >> > assignments? >> > >> > Anyone in the community want to get involved as a contributor on any >> > of these tasks (or any of the open tasks in JIRA that are not listed >> > here)? Sergey could probably use some help on Luke.Net. Prescott has a >> > lot of work cut out for him on the website. Perhaps we should get the >> > ball rolling on 2.9.4 task assignments for everyone else? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Troy >> >
