Hi I was thinking of making some changes to the website and trackers in SF tonight so would be nice to get opinions first. It can all be reverted later though.
On the website, aside changing the text to mention the trackers, I noticed the following: * the octave logo is no longer the sombrero. Should I change it to the new one? * on the main page, should I mention the new command to install packages "pkg install -forge package-name" * there are two emails address for the mailing list "octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net" and "octave-...@lists.sf.net". Should I keep only one? I also noticed that the link for ChangeLog in the main page gives a 404 error. But the files does exist in doc/htdoc. Could it be a permissions problem? Or something happened because the file has 43 032 lines? On the trackers I was thinking of doing the following (by the way, I noticed it's very easy to move reports between trackers): * as mentioned in the other thread, create 1 group for each of the most used packages and another for "other packages" and create 1 group for documentation and another for code. Users can fill this when reporting bugs and it's optional. * remove the patches tracker (both feature requests and bug reports can also take patches) * remove the request support tracker (almost no one uses it and that's what the mailing list exists for). We do not use the screenshots feature of SF but it's on. Should I turn it off? Same for the project news feature? And then, there's two forums for octave-forge both hosted by SF, one that integrates in SF and another that is phpBB. This one https://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/forums and this one https://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/octave/index.php . The first has a section to ask for help and discussion, and a private section to submit new packages releases (that no has used). The second seems to be only to release new packages. Would it be easier to maintain only one? Carnë ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA Learn about the latest advances in developing for the BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
