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  • From: Chad Knepp <pyg@galatea.org>
  • To: pcplantdb@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [pcplantdb] synthesis[20][9.8.04]
  • Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:00:24 -0500

Lee Flier writes:
> <snip>
>
> Well [pardon me for jumping in when I may not know what I'm talking
> about :-), cuz I haven't had the chance to read through the archives
> yet], has it been identified in what areas we need more expertise and
> how many people we would likely need to do this project? Cuz I would
> think if we don't have a handle on that and the list became widely
> known, it would very quickly get into a "too many cooks" syndrome (if
> that isn't already happening!). From lots of personal experience I
> don't think any more people than necessary should be involved in this
> portion of the project. Has "necessary" been defined? And do we have
> any technical weaknesses/holes that need to be filled?

This a good question and not something that would become that clear
reading the archives. Unless you have considerable background as a
computer programmer, I think there are two ways you can help. If you
know python, three. First is in analysis and design. Not sure when
you tuned in, but there has been an ongoing thread about how a locale
should be defined. It's pretty helpful to have a broad discussion
about these kinds of things because my strong point isn't really
permaculture knowledge. I think I can implement anything that I
understand the need for, but first I have to know what is needed.
Second is testing the actual product to find the bugs and make sure
they get fixed. This will play into the first part somewhat in that
the initial implementation will probably not have all the features
that folks want/expect. Testing is probably 2 weeks to a month away.

> Again, you're welcome to slap me upside the head and tell me to
> RTFA(rchives) if this has already been discussed to death!

Ha! You have passed the geek acronym test with a clever and most
appropriate use of RTF*! Welcome to the list.

--
Chad Knepp
perl -e 'print pack"H*","7079674067616c617465612e6f72670a"'





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