hi, I can understand being on googllcode but for me osflash is the place where the projects should be
Gilles Le 05-mai-07 à 15:50, Aral Balkan a écrit : > Hi guys, > > Quite simply, the reason for this development is this: If you're going > to do something, do it right. If we're going to host projects on > OSFlash, it needs automatic signup and it needs an online > administrator so that project leaders can add users, etc. That's the > way to do it right. Either that, or we don't host projects and mailing > lists. The current system of manual signups just isn't working and > it's not fair to people who want to host projects on OSFlash. > > In short, either: > > (a) All project migrate to Google Code (including mailing lists) and > OSFlash remains as just the wiki and the OSFlash mailing list or > > (b) We keep hosting projects but we do it right. > > Personally, I vote for (b) but I'm interested in hearing how you feel > about this too. > > Aral > > On 5/4/07, Scott Hyndman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Oh, you know that. I have _got_ to stop answering before reading >> entire emails. ;) >> >> Scott >> >> On 04/05/07, Scott Hyndman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Google will give you more space if you ask you know. >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> On 04/05/07, John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I'm not sure hosting at OSFlash.org is really a big issue IMHO. >>>> I mean, >>>> I've already pointed plenty of people to google code and I >>>> myself have >>>> opened up repositories there for my own projects (pv3d is >>>> currently out >>>> there). It's nice for the project leads so they can manage >>>> their users, see >>>> download stats, manage downloads, source etc, - it's pretty >>>> nice. The only >>>> downside is the amount of disc space you get up front (100mb). >>>> For Red5, we >>>> couldn't possibly move out there. >>>> >>>> As for mailing lists, I think it's good to have that hosted on >>>> OSFlash - it >>>> definitely is something that consistent and any time someone's >>>> asked for a >>>> change in mail settings, it's something I do right away because >>>> it's so >>>> easy. And most of the time, I don't have to touch a thing, the >>>> lead has all >>>> the power to modify the account. >>>> >>>> So the issue as I know it is, google only has so much room, but >>>> you can >>>> request more. But there's not guarantee. I would agree though, >>>> we do need >>>> work on presentation on the site and I'm sure we could >>>> brainstorm some great >>>> ideas for tools to add to OSFlash.org for the developers to >>>> present their >>>> projects. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/4/07, Scott Hyndman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> I was thinking the same thing, but I didn't want to say >>>>> anything and >>>>> appear callous (not to say you were Nicolas). Maybe someone could >>>>> explain why they feel being hosted by OSFlash is important? >>>>> >>>>> Scott >>>>> >>>>> On 04/05/07, Nicolas Cannasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi guys, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A quick email to give you a heads up on what's happening with >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> OSFlash web site: >>>>>> [...] >>>>>>> We're just starting out on this and it will take >>>>>>> approximately a month >>>>>>> of time for us to get the new system in place. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here's to a new and improved OSFlash in the very near future! :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> This is great news to see that some work is being done on >>>>>> OSFlash.org, >>>>>> and I surely don't want to discourage it but I think it could >>>>>> be better >>>>>> used for other stuff. >>>>>> >>>>>> In particular, creating and maintaining an automatic system >>>>>> for source >>>>>> code repository and mailing list is quite time and resources >>>>>> consuming. >>>>>> Especialy since there's already some very good alternatives >>>>>> such as >>>>>> Google Code (http://code.google.com) and Google Groups >>>>>> ( http://groups.google.com) or other equivalent services that >>>>>> are easy >>>>>> and free to use, with an high level of reliability and support. >>>>>> >>>>>> Instead, I would like to see more work being done on >>>>>> structuring the >>>>>> OSFlash.org website, presenting each project and writing >>>>>> documentation >>>>>> that tells people how/when to use a particular library or >>>>>> tool. I guess >>>>>> this would be a lot more efficient than reinventing the wheel. >>>>>> >>>>>> Again, work being done OSFlash is always good news, >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Nicolas > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
