Oh,
I forgot to write my reason for emailing. I plan to brush up my talk-
talents (ahum) by giving a Turbogears talk at my local Linux usergroup.
Eric
On Jul 29, 2006, at 11:15 PM, Kevin Dangoor wrote:
>
> Truth be told, I was never really gone. I've been very active in
> TurboGears-related things: completing and releasing the DVD (and the
> ever-important, if underdocumented MarbleGears), preparing for 3
> separate sessions at EuroPython (including making SQLAlchemy support
> work smoothly), and completing the main portion of my work on the
> TurboGears book. The book is not yet 100% complete, but it's rapidly
> getting there. Within a couple of weeks, Mark and I will be
> completely into review/edit.
>
> These big, time consuming things are now off my plate. And, I no
> longer have to worry about putting food on the table. That means that
> I'm finally able to get back to TurboGears strictly on the terms of a
> large, thriving open source project.
>
> I want to open things up for a lot more collaboration, because I
> think there are a lot of people out there who would like to help out
> with various things. My immediate first priority is to fix the couple
> of niggling problems we have that prevent us from using Docudo for
> our documentation. Once Docudo (and our documentation files) are
> fixed, we'll be able to easily accept help on the official docs from
> all of the people who have offered help. This needs to happen very
> soon, because it's the real blocker for TG 1.0. ("If it's not
> documented, it doesn't exist!")
>
> Second, Elvelind Grandin has agreed to take on the role of "release
> manager" for TurboGears. Once we work out the process, he'll handle
> the mechanics of getting a release put together and out the door.
> He'll also generally be the one to make the call as to when minor
> releases are issued. Thanks, Elvelind!
>
> Finally, the marketing materials on the site are way out of date (in
> 1.0 terms) and don't emphasize the things we need to emphasize now.
> This group has nearly 2,000 members, and I'm very certain that I'm
> not the only one among us with marketing ideas. If you're interested
> in helping out with the marketing (in nearly any capacity), please
> email me privately and we'll talk further. If you have marketing
> ideas but aren't looking to take an active role in pulling them
> together, you can send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Now is definitely the time to get 1.0 out the door. Bruce Eckel's
> recent positive blog posting about TurboGears is the tip of the
> iceberg. There are a couple of press mentions of TG that should be
> landing soon, so stay tuned.
>
> Kevin
>
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> Kevin Dangoor
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