Re: Infrastructure, was: Proposal: New web site maintainers

[Chris Travers <..hidden..>]

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:36 PM, John Locke <..hidden..> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> There are a couple questions I'd like to discuss with the other core
>> team members a little more before offering some concrete steps
>> forward.  Historically, the core committee has been in charge of
>> infrastructure for the most part, but this hasn't really worked as
>> well as I'd like.  We've seen issues like the recent problems with the
>> domain name expiring (my fault) but also difficulties in other areas
>> too.  I get the impression that changes have generally been cumbersome
>> because we all have so  much else on our plates.
>>
>> However there is also a  basic question to the community:
>>
>> What can we do to facilitate cooperation and contribution from the community?
>>
>>
>
> I think this is the right direction -- letting other people contribute
> in ways other than code. And the web site can/should be a big part of that.
>
>> I have a few basic ideas, still very poorly formed, but worth
>> discussing openly in the spirit of peer review:
>>
>> 1)  Would it be helpful to have a list for moderators of the web site?
>>   (Actual moderator status would, I think, need to be invite-only, but
>> it would give people a chance to get involved and show themselves
>> before we make such a decision.)
>> 2)  Would it be helpful to have a list for people interested and able
>> to contribute to the management of the infrastructure?  Actual ability
>> to contribute in this way would still require invitation from the core
>> committee, of course.
>>
>
> I really don't think we need more lists. The traffic on both current
> lists is light -- but I would probably suggest having most of the web
> site discussions on the user list, since many of the people who might
> contribute most to this effort may not sign up for devel.

Ok.  So maybe pushing web site issues onto the -users and -devel lists
as applicable?

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers