Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FLOSS-GPS mailing list?
Thanks for the encouragement and thanks for Tyler for actually creating the list and OSGeo in generally for hosting it! So there is now a new list at http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss-gps Check the invitation at http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/invitation-for-all-open-source-gps-software-developers-and-users-to-join-foss-gps-mailing-list/ You're warmly welcome to join the list! Developers # First thing first, I think it's vital for an open source project to communicate with the community - the end users of your software. It's useless for all projects to have their own mailing list so this FOSS-GPS is a nice tool for you to get in contact with the community. Join the list to hear what the users think of your software. Ask them what kind of features they would like to to see in the following releases. Encourage skilled users to send patches. Release alpha and beta versions to be tested and get your feedback. Share ideas and solutions with other developers to get the most out of GPS. Let the community know how your project is doing, where would a path or two be needed and so on. Maybe you need a translation. If your project already has a mailing list or a forum it's still useful to join to hear what the users think and also let more users know right away about your releases. You're welcome to join the list! Write a little introduction when you join so people know that your project is there. Also tell about the list on your project web page to let the users know where to go to contact you and other users in case they want some more information about the software. Users Do you want to know what's happening in the Open Source GPS world? What are the hottest programs and features? Maybe you want to know if your favorite program will release a new version soon and help them by testing the beta version. Or do you want to share your experiences about the software: what are the best features, what's still missing? What did you find when you needed a tool to import gps tracks or navigate? You're welcome to join the list! Write a little 'Hello World' note telling who you are, what GPS software you use and so on. If you're on some forums that have people who might be interested about this it's more than encouraged to spread the world! Tell the developer of your favourite programs to join the list to get the latest from the community. r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FLOSS-GPS mailing list?
Hello there! As far as I know, there isn't any simple or single way to communicate with the people who use GPS devices with Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) or the developers of these programs. I've tried to find one, including the osgeo mailing lists but haven't been able to find any suitable. Many projects don't have a list at the moment (see the link below) so I thought a common list would be very useful to share information, announce the releases, let people send their patches for others to test as well as announce alpha and beta releases and so on.. Would osgeo be able to host this floss-geo list? I think this would fit well in the mission of OSgeo and it would be great to have some non-profit OS-oriented organization behind it (and not to start a google group..) and osgeo would be a perfect match with the interest in the geospatial technologies, data and tools. For more information, list of just some easy-to-find projects that I'd like to invite to join and the original idea, see http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/a-mailing-list-for-the-floss-gps-community/ r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
