[CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page

2012-02-22 Thread Bohyun Kim
Since the Code4Lib wiki is live again, I put the link to Code4Lib Indoctrinationhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1m-9VtL7L_fUxl2hTF_YZSdFRfucaLtmHvLSzom6XPVM/edit?pli=1 Google Doc on the main page. Feel free to move to a different page if the main page is not the right place.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page

2012-02-22 Thread Wilfred Drew
When I saw the subject I immediately thought of the Borg: You will be assimilated. - Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S., A.S. Assistant Professor Librarian, Systems and Tech Services Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) Library:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page

2012-02-22 Thread Bohyun Kim
In my defense, I didn't pick the term, 'indoctrination.' =) But it shows something about the community, eh? The alternative title to the doc that someone added is also How do we make code4lib a more inclusive place for newcomers? Or, how do we quickly indoctrinate newbies to our values and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page

2012-02-22 Thread David Fiander
Would the upright code4lib brigade be opposed by the horizontal code4lib posse? On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:49, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: In my defense, I didn't pick the term, 'indoctrination.' =) But it shows something about the community, eh? The alternative title to the doc that

[CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Cynthia Ng
Hi All, We're looking at implementing an issue tracker for internal use, so I'm looking for recommendations. What's key: 1) minimal effort in install/setup i.e. ready to use out of the box 2) small scale is okay, we have a very small team 3) ideally, have an area for documentation and issue

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page

2012-02-22 Thread Alex Fletcher
In my defense, I didn't pick the term, 'indoctrination.' =) But it shows something about the community, eh? The alternative title to the doc that someone added is also How do we make code4lib a more inclusive place for newcomers? Or, how do we quickly indoctrinate newbies to our values and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page

2012-02-22 Thread Julia Bauder
I was thinking of the slouching code4lib mob, myself. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM, David Fiander da...@fiander.info wrote: Would the upright code4lib brigade be opposed by the horizontal code4lib posse? On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:49, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: In my defense, I

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Michael J. Giarlo
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:36, Cynthia Ng cynthia.s...@gmail.com wrote: What's key: 1) minimal effort in install/setup i.e. ready to use out of the box 2) small scale is okay, we have a very small team 3) ideally, have an area for documentation and issue creation via email What does your

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Sean Hannan
Not Jira. -Sean On 2/22/12 12:36 PM, Cynthia Ng cynthia.s...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, We're looking at implementing an issue tracker for internal use, so I'm looking for recommendations. What's key: 1) minimal effort in install/setup i.e. ready to use out of the box 2) small scale is

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Francis Kayiwa
On 2/22/12 11:59 AM, Sean Hannan wrote: Not Jira. Not RT. ./fxk -- I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any Church that I know of. My own mind is my own Church.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Nate Vack
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Cynthia Ng cynthia.s...@gmail.com wrote: 1) minimal effort in install/setup i.e. ready to use out of the box You might look into github for this. If you're doing something internal with a small team, the $7 or $12/month plans might do well for you. -n

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Stephanie Collett
Most of our teams use Redmine. It's very lightweight. On smaller projects we use the wiki for documentation. The markup has shorthand for linking back to issues which comes in handy. There are two ways to setup email issue creation/closing. If you use the SMTP option, email is very easy to setup.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Erin R White/FS/VCU
The SupportPress plugin for Wordpress may work for you. I haven't used it in a production setting but have been impressed with how customizable it is. It has a built-in knowledgebase but doesn't support issue creation by email yet. http://www.woothemes.com/2011/07/supportpress/ -- Erin White

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Cary Gordon
Redmine would probably be a very good fit for what you want. It does support email ticket creation. We like Jira, but dialing it in can take a pretty substantial effort. Cary On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Cynthia Ng cynthia.s...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, We're looking at implementing an

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Varnum, Ken
Unless your alternative is Footprints. Gah. On 2/22/12 12:59 PM, Sean Hannan shan...@jhu.edu wrote: Not Jira. -Sean On 2/22/12 12:36 PM, Cynthia Ng cynthia.s...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, We're looking at implementing an issue tracker for internal use, so I'm looking for recommendations.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Francis Kayiwa
On 2/22/12 12:05 PM, Nate Vack wrote: On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Cynthia Ngcynthia.s...@gmail.com wrote: 1) minimal effort in install/setup i.e. ready to use out of the box You might look into github for this. Oh yeah! Clever! If you're doing something internal with a small team,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread James Stuart
We have the heavyduty solution (JIRA/Greenhopper), but there's a lot of nice relatively cheap web stuff that I think might fit your bill. Just one of the many, many solutions out there: Github for documentation/lightweight issue tracking getdonedone can link to your github and has a lot more

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Feb 22, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Cynthia Ng wrote: Hi All, We're looking at implementing an issue tracker for internal use, so I'm looking for recommendations. What's key: 1) minimal effort in install/setup i.e. ready to use out of the box 2) small scale is okay, we have a very small team

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page

2012-02-22 Thread Fleming, Declan
Slouching toward Chicago, waiting to drink good beer... -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Julia Bauder Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:48 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Brad Rhoads
I've been happy with Trac. It does have good SCM integration. Many of the options listed have VMs available at places like turnkeylinux.org or bitnami.org. You might try out this custom google search I put together: http://ontherhoads.org/brad/2012/02/vm-search-engine/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page

2012-02-22 Thread Suchy, Daniel
No slouching allowed. At OCLC-approved conferences, if you got time to lean you've got time to clean (authority files). -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Fleming, Declan Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:59 AM To:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page

2012-02-22 Thread Becky Yoose
Or Level 3 records for that manner... On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Suchy, Daniel dsu...@ucsd.edu wrote: No slouching allowed. At OCLC-approved conferences, if you got time to lean you've got time to clean (authority files). -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread MJ Ray
Cynthia Ng cynthia.s...@gmail.com What does your institution use? What do you like and dislike most about it? Would you recommend it to others? RT and Trac. RT has tons of features, is easy to extend and build lots of dependencies on, which is why it's still in use, but it can be a bit

[CODE4LIB] fresh from the brewery shipping service

2012-02-22 Thread Joshua Gomez
Since descriptions of code4lib always seem to include the term beery, I thought this somewhat noisy post would still be appropriate. I just discovered a service (www.beerjobber.com) that picks up beer direct from craft brewers and ships it you, removing the headache of interstate shipping from

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Indoctrination link added to the Wiki main page

2012-02-22 Thread Simon Spero
Indoctrination is probably the correct term; it's the background briefing before being read in to the compartment. Simon On Feb 22, 2012 11:52 AM, Bohyun Kim k...@fiu.edu wrote: In my defense, I didn't pick the term, 'indoctrination.' =) But it shows something about the community, eh? The

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Cynthia Ng
Thanks for all the responses, everyone. If there are any more, I'd still like to hear them. Should probably add that 4) it's more for issue tracking/documentation i.e. code versioning/repository is not a priority right now (though it's great if it has that feature) There will be discussions with

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Sarr, Nathan
You might want to take a look at asana: http://asana.com/ -Nate Nathan Sarr Senior Software Engineer River Campus Libraries University of Rochester Rochester, NY  14627 (585) 275-0692 ns...@library.rochester.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

2012-02-22 Thread David Uspal
Erik, We did a study a few months ago to evaluate the Amazon EC2 as an alternative host to both physical and virtual server spaces managed in house. Won't go into too much detail on it (unless people are interested), but our benchmark tests showed the performance of the EC2 consistently

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Sebastian Karcher
Because Trac and Git have come up: Zotero has switched from Trac/SVN to Git and I (and I think everyone else involved) much prefers git, not least because of it's better issue handling. I found Trac slow, clumsy, and ugly. If, as you say, the code repository function isn't important, there may

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

2012-02-22 Thread Peter Murray
For what its worth, I posted the details of a month of running http://dltj.org/ out of an EC2 instance after I converted last year. The details are at: http://dltj.org/article/aws-hosting-cost/ It is a WordPress site that gets about 20,000 page views a month. Peter On Feb 22, 2012, at

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

2012-02-22 Thread Roy Tennant
I'd also be interested in getting some real world cost information. I installed an app on EC2 that went mostly unused for a couple months but meanwhile racked up over $300 in charges. Color me surprised. Roy On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:00 PM, David Uspal david.us...@villanova.eduwrote: Erik,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Issue Tracker Recommendations

2012-02-22 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
On 2/22/2012 5:10 PM, Sebastian Karcher wrote: Because Trac and Git have come up: Zotero has switched from Trac/SVN to Git and I (and I think everyone else involved) much prefers git, not least because of it's better issue handling. I found Trac slow, clumsy, and ugly. I'm confused. Git is a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

2012-02-22 Thread Thomas Krichel
Roy Tennant writes I'd also be interested in getting some real world cost information. I installed an app on EC2 that went mostly unused for a couple months but meanwhile racked up over $300 in charges. Color me surprised. I am not impressed by Amazon either. I have an instance given to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

2012-02-22 Thread Erik Hetzner
At Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:34:14 +0100, Thomas Krichel wrote: Roy Tennant writes I'd also be interested in getting some real world cost information. I installed an app on EC2 that went mostly unused for a couple months but meanwhile racked up over $300 in charges. Color me surprised. I

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

2012-02-22 Thread Kyle Banerjee
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Roy Tennant roytenn...@gmail.com wrote: I'd also be interested in getting some real world cost information. I installed an app on EC2 that went mostly unused for a couple months but meanwhile racked up over $300 in charges. Color me surprised. EC2 can be a

[CODE4LIB] After we left Seattle...

2012-02-22 Thread Michael B. Klein
...the Faerie Convention moved into our conference space. http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/02/13/seattle-faeriecon-2012-a-retrospective Unfortunately (for them), they didn't have Corey streaming their festivities.

Re: [CODE4LIB] After we left Seattle...

2012-02-22 Thread Nick Ruest
Is there a declicorn bounty on that last image? -nruest On 12-02-22 09:02 PM, Michael B. Klein wrote: ...the Faerie Convention moved into our conference space. http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/02/13/seattle-faeriecon-2012-a-retrospective Unfortunately (for them), they didn't

Re: [CODE4LIB] After we left Seattle...

2012-02-22 Thread Tom Cramer
most edible is a category? really? it seems like they're not taking this very seriously. - Tom On Feb 22, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Nick Ruest wrote: Is there a declicorn bounty on that last image? -nruest On 12-02-22 09:02 PM, Michael B. Klein wrote: ...the Faerie Convention moved into our

Re: [CODE4LIB] After we left Seattle...

2012-02-22 Thread Cary Gordon
Is that you on the left? http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2012/02/13/1329169799-fc-11.jpg On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Michael B. Klein mbkl...@gmail.com wrote: ...the Faerie Convention moved into our conference space.

[CODE4LIB] Project Management Software Question

2012-02-22 Thread Brian McBride
Question for all the code4lib developers out there: --What project management software are you using? --What made you choose the system? --Has the system met all of your needs? If not, where does it fail? --Overall opinions? --What systems did you evaluate and decide not to recommend? Any

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

2012-02-22 Thread Thomas Krichel
Erik Hetzner writes Another satisfied customer. Actually I did not write that I was/am satisfied. ;-) They once managed to disassemble my server and I lost all the data on it. They were so embarrassed that they gave my sponsor the box for free for a year. I was fine because I had a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

2012-02-22 Thread Cary Gordon
EC2 works for a lot of models, but one that it does not work for is small traffic apps that need to be available 24/7. If you have a small instance (AWS term) running full time with a fixed IP, it costs about $75 a month. If you turn it on for 2 hours a day, it costs about $15/month. A large

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any libraries have their sites hosted on Amazon EC2?

2012-02-22 Thread Tim Spalding
We did some tests on it, but found it a very poor fit for a site dependent on huge amount of data which much be present to the basically the whole system all the time and up-to-date. In other words, we found it didn't match a site based on MySQL slaves replicating here and there, and with

Re: [CODE4LIB] Project Management Software Question

2012-02-22 Thread Brad Rhoads
I'm in the process of doing an evaluation. SmartSheet is a great tool for creating gantt charts. Overall, Redmine is looking pretty good. Not much info yet, but at least the list of products might be helpful: https://doc.maflt.org/Reviews-Comparisons/Project_Management