My first bit would be to answer the cry for a page that actually tells newcomers what's going on. The Quarterly reports were nice (find link), and perhaps we can start them back up again once this is a bit sorted out.
An idea worth borrowing is the progress page at the GNUStep project ( http://www.gnustep.org/AboutGNUstep/ProgressOverview.html ) Take a look at it, if you're not familiar with it.
The Berlin Project also has a regular updates page for quick news. (see http://www.debian.org/berlin/status.html ).
For that matter, Debian has a quick news section on their front page, with links to the PRs (see http://www.debian.org)
If I follow the discussion of late, it seems like we want this sort of information to be outside the wiki (in the 'normal' WWW) and real easy to access/find, so the casual browser of prospect can see what we're up to, and how complete it is.
Either method would work better once we logically divide the work ahead of us. Some of this has been done with all of the namespace mucking that's gone on ( org.jos this and com.adric that) and our WorkingGroups structure.
-adric ~ BenKnowles 18 Jan 99
Personally I like the front page the way it is. It has a nice layout and it's not too hard to understand. But we definately need to keep it up to date in order to not frighten away people who think we all died of a horrible disease in June of '98
- IainLowe 19 Jan 99
Broken Links, Out of Date News:
Although this is also addressed below, the question of News might well be better off in the hands of a PRSteward. See PRIssues for details.
Consider this fair warning that the hunt for volunteers is open.
I like the idea of a PR Steward very much. They could write up a couple of pages about our efforts and they could continue to work with the WebSteward to keep the general public informed as developments occur.
- IainLowe 19 Jan 99
Main and the front page ( http://www.jos.org )
It has been suggested that a WebSteward emerge, assuming responsibilty for the site.
Consider this fair warning that the hunt for volunteers is open.
Another website
At first I thought a new website would be best, but now I like the idea of WebStewards.. Different people could have different responsibilies of maintaning a support portion of this big web.. I think that a new Main page or maybe another page should be put up to help untangle the web (no pun intended) :) How we decide who gets to maintain what and what should get maintaned still needs to be decided however...
JamundFerguson 19-Jan-99
What's Important
What needs to be maintained, and what is fine now? Please add to the list...Needs Help
- Source code (downloading should be easier)
- Main page (outdated)
- Opening Page (what ever happend to 3Q and 4Q? Oh and isn't it 1999 yet?)
Just Fine
- ?????
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