Re: [Tracker] admin and project expansion questions

["Peter Vander Klippe" <peter vk gmail com>]

On 11/1/06, Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk> wrote:
> Peter Vander Klippe wrote:
> > I like consolidation. Here's a list of all the tracker related
> > resources that I could find so we can decide what to keep, what needs
> > to be updated, and what to get rid of.
>
> thanks for this

Your welcome.
> >
> > == Webpages ==
> > Gnome Wiki page: http://live.gnome.org/ResearchAndDevelopment/Tracker
> > - Info page written by Jamie on October 23
> > - Mostly up to date, but page is lacking context. (download link, why
> > does this page exist, etc)
>
> yeah can scrap

Deleted with link to tracker home page and link to mailing list archive.

> >
> > Gnome hosted Tracker Webpage: http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/
> > - Basic webpage (designed by me, but desperately needs more work)
> > - Out of date. Needs to be updated
> > - I would suggest this as the location for the offcial website, but
> > the perception of a Gnome only program could be a problem
>
> I think it should be okay - make this official (with or without a domain
> gnome)

> From now on all links will point to
http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/ as the "tracker home page"

> Also need an entry on Gnome Files

Jamie: could you signup for the Gnome Files?
http://www.gnomefiles.org/devs/signup1.php

> >
> > Freedesktop.org wiki page: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Tracker
> > - basic wiki page
> > - needs updating
>
> needs a link to the gnome page - content can be scrapped or minimized
> (was official but not any more)

Edited to include a depreciation notice and a link to the tracker home page.

> >
> > Launchpad info page: https://launchpad.net/products/tracker
> > - contains basic information
>
> I dont use this

I've e-mailed the creator of this launchpad page to get him to at
least to change the homepage link.

> >
> > Ubuntu wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Tracker
> > - page explaining why tracker should be included in gnome/ubuntu?
>
> its part of the spec thats been approved for discussion at the ubuntu
> mountain summit see:
>
> https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/tracker-integration
>
> and
>
> https://features.launchpad.net/sprints/uds-mtv
>
> its ubuntu specific so not relevant here

The tracker specification should be rewritten according the
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpecTemplate. Is it ok if someone goes ahead
and reformats it?

> >
> > Ubuntu Community Doc's page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MetaTracker
> > - how-to for dapper and 0.0.5
> > - needs some cleanup & updating for edgy users
> >
>
> yes

Added to the "to-do" list.

> > == Revision Control Systems ==
> > CVS: http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/tracker/
> > - This is where development happens
> >
> > Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/tracker/trunk
> > - Bzr mirror of CVS
>
> I dont know about this

Just an automatic mirror of the tracker CVS so people can use bazaar
for their version tracking.

> >
> > == IRC ==
> > #tracker on irc.freenode.net
> > - is this created for tracker, or is it existing and underutilitized?
>
> not me?

> >
> > #tracker on GimpNet
> > - was this channel created for tracker?
>
> yes I created it

Which channel are we adopting this as "the" tracker IRC channel?

> >
> > == Mailing lists ==
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
> > - the mailing list
> >
> > == Future Ideas? ===
> > This don't exist yet, and possibly should:
> > Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracker_%28disambiguation%29
> > - A wikipedia page should be created to help promote/educate people
> > about tracker
>
> the freedesktop page would be ideal for this
>
> >
> > Wow, I'm actually suprised that all of that exists. And thats without
> > looking at any other distros. Are there any gentoo/fedora/suse tracker
> > users out there who could get more info on what exists? Are there any
> > how-to's/wiki pages out there for those distributions?
> >
> > My idea is for us/Jamie to decide which of each of these is the
> > "Official" one and then we all head out and edit the rest to make sure
> > they compliment the new official ones. (i.e. point the launchpad
> > homepage link to the official home page)
> >
> > If it is ok, we can also register the domain www.tracker-project.org
> > and point it to the official home page.
> >
> > Sound good?
>
> yes

who wants to donate the time and cash to register the domain name
"www.tracker-project.com" preferabbly someone who can also point it to
the " http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/"; page.

> >
> > I really agree we need to get this sorted out fast without too much
> > delaying, no sense in taking possible hacking time away from the
> > developers.
> >
>
> yes please :)
>
> --
> Mr Jamie McCracken
> http://jamiemcc.livejournal.com/

Ok, a lot of minor fixes are done.

All we need now is:
1. Update ubuntu community doc's to speak to both dapper and edgy users.
2. Fix-up the tracker home page. Who wants to whip up a sweet html
only website for tracker?
3. Decision on which IRC channel to use.

Thats all I can think of right now.

~Peter VK