My comments below are prefixed with "Does this sound like a helpful and tasteful way to join in with the cooking of book?"
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 01:57:34AM +0900, JC Helary wrote: > The site has a "Support request" link at: > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=46815&atid=447473 > > Where anybody can post anything, just like the bug report page and > the RFE page The trackers appear to be fairly well used. Some projects avoid them; I think they share some shortcomings with web forums, but the ticket- nature is useful and the new contributor barrier is quite low. > [...] it really is a matter of adding a few names of people who'd > actively monitor the page and process the "support" requests to add > them in the book. I see tracker notification mail in the project mail archive, and the subscription page reports "approximately 12" list members. Gardeners could help by opening their inboxes to the cookbook's mailing list - just joining the list, talking with contributors and helping to get material into shape. They can also contribute directly via the trackers, and the SF login is optional. It doesn't put material into CVS, but the admin effort needed to format up a useful contribution is almost nothing: write it, post source or diff on the relevant ticket, let a CVS committer do the rest. Commit access follows shortly after. To this end I amended _(Gardeners_Projects), | Seedlings & Wildflowers: Unchampioned Projects | [...] | * Lisp Examples | Perhaps The >>Common Lisp Cookbook<< is the best place for this | work. Look in the >>project's tracker<< for help-wanted, there | may be something just the right size for you to help with this | afternoon. This fits one of my notions of gardening: an afternoon stroll, during which you pull a few of the weeds you noticed, or pick a nice place to mark out a flowerbed. The approach may lack coordination if followed alone, but while we're on *this* list any form of planning and focus of effort can be suggested and then followed on merit. Matthew #8-) _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
