Sounds good to me. On 4/29/06, Bret Pettichord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I suggest that we make use of the Open QA Forums. The details of this> suggestion are below. But first, some background.>> The wtr-general mailing list>> On several occassions the Watir community has clearly indicated that> it did not want to see separate lists for users and> developers. Instead we have a common mailing list called wtr-general> hosted at Rubyforge.org. This mailing list is open to anybody and only> accepts posts from members. It is very active and encourages> discussions of testing with Ruby whether or not Watir is specifically> being used.>> List maintenance is minor; mostly it consists of approving occassional> posts that have either large attachments (over 40 KB) or are from> members who are using a different email address from their> subscription (although i wouldn't mind another volunteer to help with> this).>> The biggest drawback to the list is the difficulty of searching the> archives. Howeve! r, this is a less of a problem than it used to be> because we've added a search feature to the project web page, and the> list is also mirrored to another site with better archiving.>> For further details, see> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>> The Current OpenQA Watir Forums>> The standard Open QA hosting arrangement includes two web-based> forums, one for users and one for developers. These were set up for> Watir when we first set up at Open QA, but they have gone largely> unused and neglected.>> According to the Open QA website, there are also corresponding mailing> lists for these forums, but in my discussions with Patrick, I> understood that these haven't actually been set up. He also tells us> that he can synchronize forums with existing email lists hosted at> other sites.>> These forums have the advantage of being easy to browse and search for> casual users. They also have an interesting feature that allows> tracking which questions have been answer! ed and who is answering the> most questions. And they offer RSS feeds, which offers an alternative> way of tracking a discussion without subscribing.>> For details, see> http://forums.openqa.org/category.jspa?categoryID=4>> The Proposal>> I am proposing that the current wtr-general mailing list be mirrored> at OpenQA. The Watir community has recently requested that we create a> new mailing to handle support of the Watir code currently in> development (namely Watir 1.5 and FireWatir). I am proposing that a> new list be created at Rubyforge (wtr-development) and that it be> mirrored by a new forum at OpenQA (Watir Development).>> The following is a detailed action plan for how to make this all> happen. If this plan is approved by the community, i will work with> Patrick and Charley on the implementation.>> Setting Up Watir General>> 1. Delete the Watir Users and Watir Developers Forums.> 2. Create a new Forum called Watir General.> 3. Set up Watir General to include the traffi! c from wtr-general.> 4. Get the pre-transfer archives of wtr-general from rubyforge and> have these placed in the Watir General Archives.>> Setting Up Watir Development>> 1. Create a new mailing list wtr-development at Rubyforge.> 2. Create a new Forum at OpenQA called Watir Development.> 3. Open up the list to new subscribers.>>> _______________________________________________> Wtr-general mailing list> Wtr-general@rubyforge.org> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general>>
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