Hi Ewan I agree with you. Here are my skills.
- Competent in GWT, i.e. Java + HTML + CSS + JS. The UI of wave is built with GWT, right? - Basic understanding in XMPP. - More on my Google+ profile <https://plus.google.com/u/0/+FrankR/about> My available hours should be flexible. Maximum, 10 hours. On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Ewan Slater <ewan.sla...@googlemail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > I joined the mailing list a couple of months ago with every intention of > contributing but unfortunately life & work has got in the way. > > From my perspective what would really help would be some kind of developer > "on boarding" process. Have one of the more established developers reach > out to the noobs like me, why we're interested, what skills we've got, how > much we can contribute and help us identify some tasks that we might be > able to usefully work on and find interesting. > > In my case, I'm interested because I'm more convinced than ever that Wave > is exactly what business needs for "social collaboration at work" and I was > gutted when Google dropped it. My skills are mainly Java, and I could > probably fit in an hour a week. > > Cheers, > > Ewan > > > On 28 November 2013 13:32, Thomas Wrobel <darkfl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Speaking as someone unable to contribute code to the client as its too > > heavily tide into the server (which I cant make heads not tails of), how > > will any move effect things? how will it help? wont it just be > rearranging > > things again that have little, if anything, to do with getting anything > > actually done? > > > > I am still massively enthusiastic about WFP as a communication method, > and > > making a good reference client and server is the way to push it. The web > > needs this. > > However, promotion "in general" will do more harm then good. Promoting to > > potential coders? sure. But the public? Your just repeating Googles > mistake > > and pushing something that isnt remotely ready. > > > > > > ~~~ > > Thomas & Bertines online review show: > > http://randomreviewshow.com/index.html > > Try it! You might even feel ambivalent about it :) > > > > > > On 28 November 2013 14:23, Fleeky Flanco <fle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > also if we move it to github, lets finally have discussion for > > development > > > happen on a public wave ;) > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Fleeky Flanco <fle...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > i completely agree to move it away from incubation, i think we should > > > move > > > > it out of github make federation easier and then market it on places > > like > > > > reddit. > > > > > > > > my 2 cents as someone who has been happily using this for sometime > but > > > sad > > > > at the lack of progress. > > > > > > > > thanks for the devs who do work on it though, wave is awesome and > > already > > > > usefull ! > > > > > > > > fleeky > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Frank R. <renfeng...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi Evan > > > >> > > > >> You already have it - wave on github. Here, > > > >> https://github.com/apache/wave > > > >> > > > >> Glad to know someone like you is still interested in wave :) > > > >> > > > >> Frank > > > >> > > > >> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Evan Hughes <ehu...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> As a student I first experienced Google wave back when I was in > > grade 8 > > > >>> and > > > >>> at the time couldn't contribute or really take advantage of the > > > system. I > > > >>> followed it to 'wave in a box' and to the incubator but only just > > > >>> learning > > > >>> the programming skills to contribute in development. I was looking > > > >>> forward > > > >>> to seeing development into its original plans like the UI as > depicted > > > by > > > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfqThLudfEg. The current > incubator's > > > >>> goals > > > >>> and forward development is a bit vague and probably needs a redo > > since > > > >>> situations changed. If you move Apache wave to GitHub the > enthusiasts > > > >>> which > > > >>> are pretty much who are left will follow, Wave will still survive. > > > >>> > > > >>> just a newbies opinion. > > > >>> > > > >>> Evan Hughes > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Christian Grobmeier < > > > >>> grobme...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> > Hi folks, > > > >>> > > > > >>> > it seems as the first steam with the new people is gone. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > I believe it makes sense to discuss if the incubator is the right > > > >>> place. > > > >>> > Incubation has a specific goal: forming a team which can do > > releases > > > >>> and > > > >>> > is - in a way - active. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > I see there is little activity at all. The only person i have > seen > > > >>> working > > > >>> > on the codebase recently was Ali. > > > >>> > He also was the release manager of package which had trouble to > > > receive > > > >>> > the necessary votes from its own team. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > My hope was this would change in the past months. But today I > have > > > only > > > >>> > little hope. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Playing the devils advocate I ask you (again): > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Do you folks believe the incubator can ever be completed as it is > > > now? > > > >>> > > > > >>> > If you believe yes, please let me know why or how we can achieve > > that > > > >>> goal. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Otherwise my recommendation is to move Wave to GitHub and close > the > > > >>> > incubation until the community around Wave has grown. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Thoughts? > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Christian > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > --- > > > >>> > http://www.grobmeier.de > > > >>> > @grobmeier > > > >>> > GPG: 0xA5CC90DB > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >
