Hi, Totally agree on this:
> Activity log: It would be nice if this helped users see what is being > funded by the dev fund, cloud, etc. Not to belittle contributions from volunteers (these are essential), but to invite more companies to hire developers or to support the foundation. A lot of essential development work is being done this way nowadays. Laters, -Ton- -------------------------------------------------------- Ton Roosendaal - [email protected] - www.blender.org Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands > On 1 Sep 2017, at 20:37, Brecht Van Lommel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Activity log: It would be nice if this helped users see what is being > funded by the dev fund, cloud, etc. > > Discourse: I wouldn't mind if this replaced mailing lists in the end. It > seems mailing list archives can be imported and you can also interact with > it through email. > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Aaron Carlisle <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> For a developer forum/general questions Phabricator as a feature called >> Ponder https://secure.phabricator.com/ponder/ >> >> Aaron Carlisle >> >> Picture taker | Bit cruncher | Pixel pusher | Document writer | Artist >> Project administrator for the Blender 3D Documentation Project >> >> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:22 AM, Campbell Barton <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Stefan Werner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> answers are inlined: >>>> >>>>> On 28. Aug 2017, at 14:27, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Proposal: alternate Monday meetings to be 10:00 and 18:00 Amsterdam >>> time. Drop the Sunday meetings. >>>> >>>> I like the alternating time idea, that should allow people from more >>> time zones to participate. >>>> Picking a right day is hard though - weekdays are good paid >>> contributors, weekends better for volunteers. >>>> >>>>> 1) Forums: (discourse) >>>>> https://internals.rust-lang.org/categories < >>> https://internals.rust-lang.org/categories> >>>> >>>> Some kind of developer focussed forum is helpful, I would think. Right >>> now, we’re abusing the bug tracker >>>> as forum: https://developer.blender.org/T46258 < >>> https://developer.blender.org/T46258> >>> >>> This looks like proper tracker use to me, focused design tasks for >>> planning is fine. >>> >>> There are a few times I've seen people try and use tracker more like a >>> forum for asking questions or submitting a patch which is really a >>> question about code. I don't think its much of a problem. >>> >>> Even so, could be nice to try out a forum for developers. >>> >>>> Discussions like this don’t work at all on IRC and not very well in >>> mailing lists. >>>> >>>>> 2) Weekly activity log >>>>> https://this-week-in-rust.org/ <https://this-week-in-rust.org/> >>>> >>>> Helpful, we should do that. >>> >>> While it would be nice, are people interested to write/manage this? >>> >>> Maybe best to do a trial-run for ~5 weeks or so, continue if it's working >>> out. >>> >>>>> 4) No mailing lists! >>>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2015-January/011558.html >>>>> >>>>> Now I don't think we need to drop mailing lists, but the forums and >>> activity log sound great. >>>>> Discourse also might help making our onboarding process better. >>>> >>>> If we use a web based forum, please let’s pick one that works well on >>> mobile devices >>>> (including the ones that are not the latest and greatest) and sends >>> server-side generated >>>> static HTML. Responding to email on a smartphone is quick and easy and >>> works even when >>>> you have a terrible connection. “Modern” HTML pages sometimes require >>> several MB >>>> just to display essentially a couple of paragraphs of text. >>>> >>>> For example, one of the forums I visit sometimes runs on nodeBB. Just >>> the forum start page >>>> comes in at 1.17MB. That’s ridiculous and I pretty much never read it >> on >>> my phone. BA, even >>>> with the features images, is only half as big, simple phpBB sites come >>> in at 300kB. Plain text >>>> contents of these pages is just a few kB, the rest is mostly decoration >>> and oh-so-useful features >>>> nobody uses. >>>> >>>> I know, we need to have fast connections to begin with (wouldn’t want >> to >>> git clone over GPRS) >>>> but I like to make my time on the road useful too. From here to BConf >> is >>> roughly 7 hours on a train >>>> that promises WIFI but doesn’t always deliver. Don’t want to let that >>> time go to waste. >>>> >>> >>> Did you look into https://try.discourse.org ? >>> >>>> -Stefan >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bf-committers mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> - Campbell >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
