[steering-discuss] Base - a new mailing list?

Hi :slight_smile:
A few people have asked about starting up a new mailing list to try to bring together people that want to work on Base.  People from Documentation, Developers perhaps later on some people from Design.

At the moment there are people that want to work on Base but each is isolated and 'waiting' for people on other teams to do things that need to be done before they can start.

Could we start up a new mailing list to allow cross-group collaboration on Base?  Who should i ask to set it up?  Should i ask the web team?
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Hello Tom,

Hi :slight_smile:
A few people have asked about starting up a new mailing list to try to
bring together people that want to work on Base. People from Documentation,
Developers perhaps later on some people from Design.

At the moment there are people that want to work on Base but each is
isolated and 'waiting' for people on other teams to do things that need to
be done before they can start.

Could we start up a new mailing list to allow cross-group collaboration on
Base? Who should i ask to set it up? Should i ask the web team?
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

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what would be the goal of such a list beyond "bringing people together"? Do
you have team(s) of volunteers from documentation, development and design
ready to take action ? I'm a bit concerned that one more mailing list is not
going to magically solve Base's lack of contributors...

Best,
Charles.

Hi :slight_smile:
No, it's a few individuals scattered across a few different lists.  Bringing the few people together might be enough to help them start getting some work done.  One more mailing list might not be enough but it could be a good start. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

How about the discuss@ list with a [Base] prefix?

Best,
Charles.

Hi :slight_smile:
People are often unwilling to join yet another list as it would mean having to deal with a ton of irrelevant emails.  Individuals might be willing to join a low-traffic list specific to Base but not yet another list that just provides so much distraction.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

I thought everyone was on discuss@. However your argument of yet another
list is almost a contradiction with your initial request. And I'm sure if
there's an interest to work on Base, then people will cope with being on an
existing list.

best,
Charles.

Hi :slight_smile:
Ok, sorry i asked.  If it's too much trouble to set up a list then it's not worth it. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Don't be sorry. First of all, it's all "imho". Second, it's not that it's
too much trouble. It's a matter of management and efficiency. Small and
large FOSS projects tend to be rather conservative when it comes to opening
new lists and the way it's supposed to work is not that if you have a
mailing list, something will happen, but the opposite (if something happens
with enough momentum it becomes threads and threads of discussion and actual
work, then create a mailing list). The risk is that you end up with twenty
different mailing list you won't follow,but worse, most of these mailing
lists won't have an actual workig purpose.I think if there's a team that is
fixing bugs on Base and liaising with documentation volunteers right now but
facing communication issues, then there might be an interest. On the other
hand, these things tend to evolve overtime and the situation can change :slight_smile:
...

best,
Charles.

Hi :slight_smile:
Thanks :)  At the moment there is a problem that there is so little momentum that any start fizzles out before getting anywhere.  A special list would put people directly in contact with interested people quite fast before they got sucked into other areas.

For a short time there were a few emails off-list between a few people that were interested but i never got around to doing the part i promised and the thing fell apart.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Hi Tom, *,

Thanks :slight_smile: At the moment there is a problem that there is so little
momentum that any start fizzles out before getting anywhere. A
special list would put people directly in contact with interested
people quite fast before they got sucked into other areas.

We've setup projects@global.libreoffice.org for exactly that purpose:
Groups starting new activities can start there. It's low traffic (except
there You catch a moment where a group is working things) I already
tried to start an initiative regarding a replacement of the "OOo report
builder" which has not much activity. Probably this will change soon
;o))

Have a look here:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.projects/192
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.projects/232

For a short time there were a few emails off-list between a few people
that were interested but i never got around to doing the part i
promised and the thing fell apart.

hopefully more luck on projects@global.libreoffice.org.

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Gruß/regards