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  • From: flux <flux AT sourcemage.org>
  • To: SM-Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Project Lead Speech
  • Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:45:07 -0500

Eric Sandall (eric AT sandall.us) wrote [10.01.17 15:45]:
> Hail fellow Sourcemagers (and -ettes),
>
> First off, thank you for the nomination to this most glorious position
> in our community, I will strive to make the best of it. :)
>
> Rather than boring you with my words of wisdom and typing out fancy
> words and clichés, I will instead provide a succinct, but by no means
> complete or even prioritized, list of tasks I would like to
> have improved and/or completed during my tenure:
>
> * Run through http://www.sourcemage.org/SourceMage/Developers and
> update for names to add/remove.
> * Update x86 and x86_64 ISOs, to at least avoid the corner cases
> causing the util-linux/e2fsprogs issue and include virtio device
> drivers.
> * Update and complete http://www.sourcemage.org/Spell_Writing_Handbook.
> * Remove http://www.sourcemage.org/GrimoireGurusHandbook (should use
> http://www.sourcemage.org/Spell_Writing_Handbook).
> * Merge http://www.sourcemage.org/NewGuruHandbook with
> http://www.sourcemage.org/Spell_Writing_Handbook.
> * Modify our git commit hook to send one e-mail per commit (current
> method is one e-mail per push).
> * Provide a local commit hook for developers to generate HISTORY from
> the commit log (or the reverse, depending which is easier).
> * Work on regular Sorcery and ISO release schedules.
> * Encourage users and developers to file bugs in Bugzilla.
> * Have developers (including me :)) put more focus in squashing open
> bugs in Bugzilla.
> * Better (always subject to interpretation ;)) organization of
> http://www.sourcemage.org/.
>
> I will be putting aside more time for SMGL to work on this, but I would
> appreciate it if everyone here helps keep me on track. If it looks like
> I'm slacking, let me know! If there are issues you believe are
> important and I am not working on them, let me know! As always,
> communication is vital to having a working and enjoyable team.
>
> Thank you,
>
> -sandalle
>
> PS: Note that all of the above is preceeded with an, "If I am
> elected ..." :)

Can you give some specifics on what you mean by "work on regular Sorcery
and ISO release schedules"? I.e., does this entail finding more
developers to help on those components, or just policy about when
releases are done?

--
Justin "flux_control" Boffemmyer
Cauldron wizard and general mage
Source Mage GNU/Linux
http://www.sourcemage.org

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