Okay, I have heard back from several people. The consensus seems to be that:
1. a regular telecon is probably not worth doing at this time. We will look at this again as more people start regularly contributing to the code 2. some kind of web-based system that keeps people apprised of what people are doing - and are planning on doing - would be very helpful 3. more frequent "announcements" of changes would help, especially when they are significant Based on the feedback, I am going to setup an OpenRTE wiki to track current areas of activity and planned "next-steps". In addition, I will try to keep some kind of "blog-like" record of my activities on that site so people can get a view of what I'm up to (since I am the primary - though not exclusive - person modifying the code). For instance, I frequently find and fix minor "bugs" as I'm working on adding functionality to the code - I will note those on the site as I am fixing them. Again, I would like to note that people are always welcome to drop me a note or call me on the phone if they have a question about what I'm doing or planning to do. Thanks Ralph On 1/4/07 7:41 AM, "Ralph H Castain" <r...@lanl.gov> wrote: > Hi everyone > > Several of us were on a telecon yesterday and the topic of better coordinating > the activities on OpenRTE came up. While things have percolated along > reasonably well, the general feeling was that better, wider knowledge of > current OpenRTE development activities and directions would help - especially > as more people are becoming involved and/or looking to use OpenRTE in > different ways. > > Two ideas for responding to that suggestion have been kicked around: > > 1. a weekly telecon specifically to discuss OpenRTE development activities, > directions, and issues. I would appreciate some feedback from people > interested in participating in such a telecon. If there is sufficient > interest, I will coordinate a time with the interested people and setup a > phone bridge. > > 2. posted activities (both ongoing and planned) on the OpenRTE web site. This > could initially just be a posted list (that I would maintain) of what people > are doing along with a list of "known next steps". Eventually, this could > transform into a blog or a wiki, as interests dictate. > > Any feedback on either/both of these ideas would be welcome. I also should > point out that there is an OpenRTE developers mailing list (see > http://www.open-rte.org) - it doesn't see a lot of traffic as most of the > discussion tends to take place on the Open MPI mailing lists (where the > primary usage currently occurs). However, as interest migrates into other > applications, I expect to see that activity grow. > > Thanks > Ralph
