[Pachy-Dev] New Pachyderm Users Mailing List!
Elisabeth Anne Leonard
anne at firstedit.com
Thu Feb 16 10:28:34 PST 2006
I can't make the link work--I get a cannot find server error.
Anne
Joshua Archer wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Please take the time to subscribe to the newly minted Pachyderm users
> list!
>
> Joshua
>
> On Feb 14, 2006, at 2:30 PM, Susan Baur wrote:
>
>> OK, the list pachy-users at lists.cdl.edu has been setup. It will be
>> archived, but it may take a day or two for the archiving to be
>> setup. If you'd like to subscribe, you can do so at https://
>> webmail.sonoma.edu/mailman/listinfo/pachy-users .
>>
>> Some administrivia for those who are interested...
>> * We are not requiring approval of subscription requests, but are
>> moderating all new member posts. Once a member has sent a non-spam
>> message to the list an admin can unmoderate them.
>> * Replies to list messages go to the original poster by default. You
>> will need to do reply-all to reply to the list (Just like this list.)
>> * Currently, messages are limited to 40K in size, so most
>> attachments will not be accepted.
>>
>> Let me know if you have any questions,
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> On Feb 14, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Joshua Archer wrote:
>>
>>> Awesome, can you get that set up for us, Susan?
>>>
>>> Josh
>>>
>>> On Feb 14, 2006, at 1:13 PM, Susan Baur wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I think the CDL could host the pachy-users list for now. That way
>>>> the domains for the lists would remain the same. Also, if we limit
>>>> maximum message size and make some other smart administrative
>>>> choices, it would probably remain viable here at least for a
>>>> couple of years if not longer.
>>>>
>>>> Susan
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Susan Baur
>>>> System Administrator
>>>> Center for Distributed Learning
>>>> 707-664-4408
>>>> susan at cdl.edu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 14, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Joshua Archer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> To start, I really think we need to open up a public mailing list
>>>>> for pachyderm users. it should be called 'pachyderm-users' I
>>>>> think (seems obvious enough).
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the CDL is currently hosting pachy-dev, but I am not sure
>>>>> who is the appropriate host for a potentially high traffic
>>>>> mailing list such as pachyderm-users. Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Josh
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 14, 2006, at 7:06 AM, Thomas Hapgood wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We've talked about some type of Pachyderm community and now that
>>>>>> we have 400 users perhaps it should become a reality? What system/
>>>>>> software would we use for this? In terms of the gallery, I think in
>>>>>> several months it will start to fill up -- it's perhaps a bit
>>>>>> early. I'll be
>>>>>> posting mine as soon as I can.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tom hapgood
>>>>>> u. arkansas
>>>>>> interactive design
>>>>>> I thought I would pass this to the list for comment or input...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Elisabeth Anne Leonard <anne at firstedit.com>
>>>>>>> Date: February 9, 2006 3:40:27 PM PST
>>>>>>> To: joshua at cdl.edu
>>>>>>> Cc: Rachel Smith <rachel at nmc.org>, Larry Johnson <johnson at nmc.org>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Pachy-Dev] Status report 2/2 -- continued...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> fine with me!
>>>>>>> A.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joshua Archer wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Awesome suggestions, Anne. Can we send this email to the
>>>>>>>> pachy-dev list to get their input? I would love to see an
>>>>>>>> 'advice' column, as well as promoting the use of the gallery.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hey y'all-- Should we consider having an "advice" column,
>>>>>>>>> where users can submit their questions, and the questions and
>>>>>>>>> answers are posted on-line? This could develop into an FAQ
>>>>>>>>> eventually, as we get FAQs, but it might add some liveliness
>>>>>>>>> to the website/blog. Also the gallery seems to have died on
>>>>>>>>> the vine, maybe we should ask for sample screens and not
>>>>>>>>> entire presentations?? Or send out the call again? I intend
>>>>>>>>> to make mine public when it's completed. Anne Joshua Archer
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Part Two:
>>>>>>>>>> II. External Communication: In a certain sense, there is no
>>>>>>>>>> line between internal communications and external
>>>>>>>>>> communications for open source projects, as everything is
>>>>>>>>>> open to the public and available for viewing/participation.
>>>>>>>>>> However, there are different circles of involvement, and
>>>>>>>>>> there are some basic communications in which the general
>>>>>>>>>> user public will be interested, that are less detailed and
>>>>>>>>>> less technical than the traffic on the dev list. The first
>>>>>>>>>> thing we should look at critically is our website, and make
>>>>>>>>>> sure it has all the things we're going to need for open
>>>>>>>>>> source communication. We need to have our OS license
>>>>>>>>>> available and prominently listed. We need to have links to
>>>>>>>>>> our source, either the repository or downloadable tarballs
>>>>>>>>>> at the very least. We need to have our documentation
>>>>>>>>>> available, and instructions on joining the mailing lists,
>>>>>>>>>> the development team, how to submit patches, etc. This is a
>>>>>>>>>> process that will take some time and some attention. We also
>>>>>>>>>> should be making better use of our Pachyblog, or we should
>>>>>>>>>> move it to a section of our website (and at the very least,
>>>>>>>>>> link to it from the main page). The traffic there has died
>>>>>>>>>> to a trickle, and we need to be better about updating our
>>>>>>>>>> public about the status of the project. I'm as guilty of
>>>>>>>>>> this as anyone else. From the outside, we might appear like
>>>>>>>>>> a dead or dying project. Let's breathe life back into the
>>>>>>>>>> public facing. Again, we need to have the archives of our
>>>>>>>>>> mailing lists readily available and prominent on the
>>>>>>>>>> website, and I think we should also create one more mailing
>>>>>>>>>> list right away, pachy-users@, so that we can funnel
>>>>>>>>>> user-related questions and comments to that list. We should
>>>>>>>>>> look into the establishment of a knowledge base, taking the
>>>>>>>>>> form of a FAQ or a WIKI or something along those lines, so
>>>>>>>>>> that we can capture the important information from the
>>>>>>>>>> mailing lists and our experience as a project, and allow
>>>>>>>>>> others to benefit from the process. Also, a common
>>>>>>>>>> occurrence in open source projects currently is to have an
>>>>>>>>>> IRC channel always open for users/developers/ etc. of the
>>>>>>>>>> project. I'm going to look into getting this set up for
>>>>>>>>>> pachyderm.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> Joshua Archer
>>>>>> Software Engineer
>>>>>> CSU - Center for Distributed Learning
>>>>>> Phone: 707.664.2085
>>>>>> Fax: 707.664.4350
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Joshua Archer
>>>>> Software Engineer
>>>>> CSU - Center for Distributed Learning
>>>>> Phone: 707.664.2085
>>>>> Fax: 707.664.4350
>>>>>
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>>> ---------------------------------------------------
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>>> CSU - Center for Distributed Learning
>>> Phone: 707.664.2085
>>> Fax: 707.664.4350
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> CSU - Center for Distributed Learning
> Phone: 707.664.2085
> Fax: 707.664.4350
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