[News.eclipse.foundation] Re: [PROJECT] - Collaboration and Government I

[ilias <ilias@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:42:34 -0400, Mike Milinkovich  
<mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We do hope to create a project similar to this in the future.

Where you can act, hope is not enouth!

> Currently we are moving the Eclipse IT infrastructure
> and hopefully acquiring some new hardware.

Why "hopefully"?

> So our focus for the next little while is going to be on
> re-implementing our current function in a new environment while  
> maintaining stability and performance.

Based on the announcements, this should be solved within the first  
november week.
[moving servers to new location (www.magma.ca) on 2004-10-30 + 1 week  
trouble solving]

> It will likely be a few months before we start thinking about how to
> significantly enhance the website content and processes.

Please provide the resources, thus the community can start thinking &  
interacting immediately.

See my concrete suggestions below [1].

> Perhaps we are being overly conservative,
> but we feel that we need to keep the number of
> moving parts to a minimum while we migrate our site.

This is a basic requirement.

> We feel that we cannot
> afford the risk of a major interruption to our developers or community.

This is a basic requirement.

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My suggestions are not contrary to the stated basic requirements.

Even more: they would ensure keeping those requirements would be kept
(context: community/developers which use the infrastructure)

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[1]

Suggestions, 1st priority:

"Community" Product in Bugzilla
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=57040

Thus the community can start filing Issues affecting the
Infrastructure.

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Suggestions, 2nd priority:

> > > As the creation of an eclipse project takes some time, possibly a  
> > > first step should be made within the technology project (subproject,  
> > > category incubation )
> > >
> > > This would allow to start earlier on such a project (for/during the
> > > eclipse.org transfer IBM = > eclipse Foundation (http://www.magma.ca)
> > > ).
> > >
> > > Another possibility would be, to create a subproject "www-transfer"
> > > within platform (which seems to manage website related stuff anyway)
> > > - place all code/files in CVS (mailinglist configuration files,  
> > > scripts, website, ...)
> > > - discuss and decide about smooth, quick and save transistions.
> > > - let the community (and its experience) assist with those  
> > > transistions.
> > >
> > > Most important:
> > > - let the community have (at least some) influence on resources they
> > > have to use!

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