Re: [Tracker] Using gnome.org infrastructure for tracker

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Peter Vander Klippe wrote:
>     Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:22:59 +0100
>     From: Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it <mailto:elle uca libero it>>
>     Subject: [Tracker] Using gnome.org <http://gnome.org> infrastructure
>     for tracker development
>     To: Tracker List tracker-list gnome org <mailto:tracker-list gnome org>
>
>     Tracker, you know, is yet using the GNOME cvs for development and this
>     mailing list.
>
>     There are other facilities that we could use, we should use.
>
>     ### GNOME Bugzilla ###
>
>     We really need a bugzilla entry to track bugs, patches, suggestions and
>     other. Do it on mailing list is good, but bugzilla is better. 
>
>  
> Yes! Please setup the bugzilla entry. We also need a few people to 
> triage bugs to sort through the duplicates and such.

will do shortly

>     http://live.gnome.org/Bugsquad/ForMaintainers explains how to ask for a
>     bugzilla entry. Simply, you have to add a bug report under
>     "bugzilla.gnome.org <http://bugzilla.gnome.org>". I could file it,
>     but maybe is better let Jamie, as
>     brave project leader and maintainer, do it.
>
>     Of course the product name in bugzilla database will be "tracker", as
>     the cvs module, but we should define also some components. I think we
>     need at least:
>          * general
>          * doc/documentation/help
>          * indexers
>          * database/trackerd (?)
>          * console tools
>          * GUI search tool

yes will add

>     But we need a webpage so...
>
>     ### Project Webpage ###
>
>     As suggested in the link in the previous page, if a project uses GNOME
>     CVS it should have a webpage under http://www.gnome.org/projects/
>
>     I think we should use this space to put all info and needed stuff; the
>     www.tracker-project.org <http://www.tracker-project.org> domain
>     could link here, no need to buy
>     webhosting space.
>
>     All the info how to add a project webpage under
>     http://www.gnome.org/projects/   are in the README file in
>     http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnomeweb-wml/www.gnome.org/projects/

have downloaded - its big!

will have a play in the next few days

>     Anyone with webmastering-fu to build it? 
>
>  
> Again, we need this. I did the initial design for the current tracker 
> homepage (www.gnome.org/~jamiecc/tracker/ 
> <http://www.gnome.org/~jamiecc/tracker/>) but I did it in php and I 
> don't think the gnome servers handle php, so I exported into html 
> (firefox -> save page as), but now its a huge mess of outdated static 
> pages.
>  
> Lets have a contest or something. We really need a decent, up-to-date 
> webpage.

yup - we could use some of the other pages on those project pages as 
templates

>     ### Project Wiki ###
>
>     Here is http://live.gnome.org for us. How could be use it? 
>
>  
> I'd suggest putting in a basic "Tracker" page 
> (http://live.gnome.org/Tracker/) and making any further tracker wiki 
> pages as sub pages of that one. (i.e. roadmap -> 
> http://live.gnome.org/Tracker/roadmap) Sound good?

yes


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Mr Jamie McCracken
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