> (b) Will you consider specifying a more specific target market? Yeah, I'll be happy to do so at the right point. Further reflection left me with the realization that you are right that the outstanding issues should be triaged according to their importance. The most important thing at this point is for the project to figure out who should lead the group.
The person or people leading a project is the single most important question that impacts a group -- particularly one on life support. Plenty of examples abound thoughout the world in general and the free software world in particular. That person responsible should be the one to lead this discussion. Here are some important skills for a solid project leader: * Strong technical skills - These sorts of skills are important when a group of experts divide evenly on two decisions that are mutually incompatible. The skill isn't strictly necessarily -- a set of experts that evenly divide means that both decisions are good. * Strong communication skills - A group leader that lacks strong communication skills isn't going to be able to guide the development of key documents like roadmaps, advocation with third parties, position statements, final decisions from above, etc. At one extreme is nothing at all. On the other extreme is overly complicated goble-de-gook. * Strong social skills - A project lead without strong social skills isn't going to be able to coordinate attracking new groups and interests to participate. Lack of this skill ranges from apathy to downright anti-social behaviour (ranging from intra-group fighting all the way to fighting with third parties). * Financially Stable - Also important for a project lead. The project can stall for weeks or months if the lead looses his network connection, can't afford to fix his computer or becomes desperate enough to do nasty things in attempts to leverage the project into money. * Reliability - Can you imagine how bad it would be if a lead were unreliable? Andy has done a very good job running GnuArch. He communicates well, is skilled at avoiding minefields on this list, is open to ideas from everyone on the group and seeks consensus. I nominate Andy Tai to stay in charge of GnuArch. On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 08:56:19AM -0700, Thomas Lord wrote: > James Blakwell wrote: > > [....] > > Let me slightly break my own rule about early replies to say: > > (a) This is good. Thanks. > > (b) Will you consider specifying a more specific target market? > That question on the form was inspired by *your* reports > of negative experience getting projects to switch. Certainly > speed is one issue, but isn't the fact that many projects are > already heavily "invested" in CVS also an issue making SVN > (if anything) a more natural choice? Of course we might want > *everyone* to eventually use Arch but do you think there are > some specific types of projects that make more sense than others > to target initially? The more specific the target market, the > better a job we can do focusing efforts (e.g., deciding what kind > of documentation is a higher priority). > > As for "isn't Andy in charge?" ... Of some things, yes. I don't see how > that is relevant to this thread, though. > > -t > > James Blackwell wrote: > >> 1. Target Market? > >> > > > >Software developers - Primary > >Sysadmins - Secondary > > > > > >> 2. Target Market Needs? > >> > > > >Speed. - Too slow, no adoption > >Simplicity - Complex UI, slow adoption > >Portability. - No Windows - wait ten years to start. > > No Mac OS X - wait twenty years to start. > > > > > >> 3. "Business" Model? > >> > > > > - Scratch your own itch > > - Can't scratch your own? Pay someone else > > > > > >I'm a little confused. Isn't Andy in charge? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnu-arch-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users > > GNU arch home page: > http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/ -- My home page: <a href="http://jblack.linuxguru.net";>James Blackwell</a> Gnupg 06357400 F-print AAE4 8C76 58DA 5902 761D 247A 8A55 DA73 0635 7400
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