I brought the issue up so more people would recognize it and, perhaps, someone who can do something about it would take action. This is the second time a resource germane to some TeachingOpenSource.org project was only available on an outside domain. We need to solve this infrastructure problem before we have a tremendous number of highly used resources spread all over the Internet. If we are to become a coherent project, we must work to eliminate such stumbling blocks.
I understand that POSSE has its own internal priorities and the Textbook has its own. If no one steps up to build the infrastructure, each project might as well set up its own domain and have at it. Good infrastructure will make each project more efficient. Every new participant will only have to look around TeachingOpenSource.org to find what is in use and more quickly join the effort. By the way, I'm glad Mel recognized she had become a key-participant problem as discussed in the noted meetbot log. That, too, shows the urgency of working on infrastructure. On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Matthew Jadud - [email protected] wrote: > On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 10:12, <[email protected]> > wrote: >> If POSSE is a TeachingOpenSource.org project, why aren't these >> materials available somewhere on the TeachingOpenSource.org domain? I >> understand everyone here, me included, is working with several Open >> Source projects, but each project team should have complete access to >> the project resources. No? > > Yes, and everyone has access. The linked documents in the last message > are open, and available. It's just we don't have a TOS *project*. > > TOS is a community that is growing and evolving. Perhaps, as things > like POSSE are better specified[1], we'll end up with a dedicated wiki > space, or a repository, or [INSERT INFRASTRUCTURE HERE]. For the > time-being, the primary TOS project resource really seems to be the > IRC channel and the mailing list. > > Perhaps we can do better as a community at wiki gardening on TOS, but > I think heavier-weight infrastructure might be premature at this > point. That's my opinion-of-the-moment, anyway. > > Cheers, > Matt > > [1] > http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/teachingopensource/2010-09-02/posse-prototyping.2010-09-02-18.58.html _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
