From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27613 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2004 10:20:20 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Jan 2004 10:20:20 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Am9HY-0000Y7-Iv for arch-gentoo-installer@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:20:20 +0000 Received: (qmail 23645 invoked by uid 50004); 29 Jan 2004 10:20:19 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-installer-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-installer@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-installer@lists.gentoo.org Received: (qmail 30810 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2004 10:20:19 +0000 Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 05:18:07 -0500 From: Kurt Lieber To: gentoo-installer@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20040129101807.GS22870@mail.lieber.org> References: <40188ECA.8040803@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pHcgQM7wt332/+1+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40188ECA.8040803@gentoo.org> X-GPG-Key: http://www.lieber.org/kurtl.pub.gpg User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Subject: Re: [gentoo-installer] New installer project status X-Archives-Salt: f67720ea-3c3d-417e-b05f-4d7609ea5198 X-Archives-Hash: 30de82f9f3068e951d3eb26cbc0b49f3 --pHcgQM7wt332/+1+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 11:40:42PM -0500 or thereabouts, Eric Sammer wrote: > Infrastructure: >=20 > The initial infrastructure for the installer project is just about=20 > there. We now have a mailing list (if you hadn't noticed), and an=20 > official channel on IRC (freenode) - #gentoo-installer. As of yet,=20 > there's no project page, but I'm sure that will come in time. Maybe=20 > we'll hijack a member of the documentation team to help with that. Figure out where you want the directory and I'll be happy to create it. Looking at our various top level categories, it doesn't really fit cleanly into any of them. I'd suggest base as being the closest match. > - Get a code repository going. Since non-devs may (as in "might," not=20 > "can") participate in actual development, the repository may need to be= =20 > hosted on non-Gentoo servers. This is something I would object to. If this is an official Gentoo project (which I assume it is) that we're going to let official Gentoo users eventually user (which I assume we are) then we need to ensure that it's developed on secure infrastructure, etc. If there are people who want to commit code (and have the requisite skills to do so) but aren't devs, make them devs. =20 > - Decide to what level non-devs should participate (mainly, can they=20 > commit code) I vote no. :) > - Complete high(er) level design documents that all devs agree on. Good luck. :) --kurt --pHcgQM7wt332/+1+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAGN3fJPpRNiftIEYRAtmgAKCBhQBfX05GVeR39Ll2I8csTSJxewCeJMlV 9YaZgRY6HNRLjd5UzeH9alo= =kgMF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pHcgQM7wt332/+1+--