Re: [Tracker] admin and project expansion questions

[Jon Phillips <phillipsjd gmail com>]

On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 11:58 -0500, Peter Vander Klippe wrote:
> 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.

YOu are awesome...what a trooper... I want to work with you on all my
projects ;)

> > > == 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.

awesome...please add to htaccess or apache conf the proper redirects:

RedirectPermanent http://live.gnome.org/ResearchAndDevelopment/Tracker
http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/

or

#REDIRECT [http://NEW_LINK NEW_NAME]


> > > 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 - Out of date.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"

Awesome, but let's get tracker-project.org as the domain. Ok, who is
going to buy tracker-project.org...Jamie? I will make a donation towards
that to your paypal, if you email your id. Or, I can buy and get
attached...either way...ready to move on it.

> > Also need an entry on Gnome Files
>
> Jamie: could you signup for the Gnome Files?
> http://www.gnomefiles.org/devs/signup1.php

awesome...good to keep in core devs. name(s). and track these on the
consolidated wiki (all accounts and who owns them to increase bus count)

> > > 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.

Same, make sure there are redirects in the wiki. I believe it is:

#REDIRECT [http://NEW_LINK NEW_NAME]


> > > 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.

awesome....progress?

> > > 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?

Awesome...

> > > 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.

Very very awesome...I should come down to the dev. summit.

> > > == 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.

Awesome...and great...

> > > == 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?

I guess we adopted the #tracker on irc.gimp.net (the most ppl. in it)

> > > == 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 can do this, unless, Jamie, you want this in your name?

> > > 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

Ok, get back to me on and I'm on it.

I also need an account on gnome.org. How can I get? Jamie or Peter, can
you help me get one? Tim Ney, David Neary and many others can vouch for
me...

Jon (you can check me out here; http://rejon.org/bio and
http://creativecommons.org/about/people)



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