A change of heart

Sat Aug 30 01:29:21 UTC 2014

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:55 PM, David Wright
<david.wright12886 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ben,

Hi David,

>
> Were you looking at: http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network ?

That sounds about right.

>
> No matter really for the time being anyway. I'll go through the dns list
> over the next week and create a google docs spreadsheet with my findings,
> opinions and suggestions and we can take it from there.

Okay.

>
> Have a good weekend!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> David.
>
>

Thanks,
Ben

>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:30 AM,  <david.wright12886 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi David, I've looked at the software you linked to, and am a bit
>> >> underwhelmed.
>> >>
>> >> However, your concern seems like a good one, and I've heard various
>> >> efforts towards the same goal. Rather than looking at a 'website in a
>> >> box' I think we should back up, and look at the goal, think about how
>> >> best to meet it, and then craft the KDE.org website and the rest of
>> >> our public-facing tech to support that.
>> >>
>> >> Our Forums are working really well, as are the wikis. IRC and mail
>> >> lists seem to be ticking along well too. There has been some
>> >> discussion about tuning the Help > About KDE message on every KDE
>> >> application. We're the largest or one of the largest participants in
>> >> both GSoC and GCi. We do some active outreach in quite a few tech
>> >> conferences and other meetings. We've got great blogs and other
>> >> writing, including at least two books.
>> >>
>> >> However, I think we all know that we need to do more to get KDE
>> >> software users more involved in the community, and yes, supporting us
>> >> with their money too.
>> >>
>> >> So the question is, how can we build on the great infrastructure we
>> >> already have? Surely the main KDE.org can use some freshening, and
>> >> honing. How about getting involved in doing that work? The www team
>> >> has lost some momentum lately, and could use your energy and
>> >> enthusiasm.
>> >>
>> >> I think we are poised for a lot of growth in the next year, as our new
>> >> frameworks and beautiful new Plasma work become more widely adopted.
>> >> It would be great if our user infra was ready for the new visitors.
>> >>
>> >> Valorie
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>> >
>> > Hi Valorie,
>>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> >
>> > Yes, the commons is not a magic bullet, but it does tick all the right
>> > boxes
>> > compared to similar systems. It is still relatively young technology at
>> > the
>> > moment though, so I wouldn't write it off completely. It might be wise
>> > to set
>> > off in a direction that could be changed to such a setup in a couple of
>> > years
>> > time once it has matured.
>> >
>> > I hope you can appreciate however what it aims to achieve, and that is
>> > to
>> > unify the online image of the organisation. That's what KDE desperately
>> > needs
>> > at the moment, unification and simplification. It is a bit of a hopping
>> > game at
>> > the moment to find information you need.
>>
>> This is primarily because www.kde.org itself is out of date, and
>> information has become spread across various wikis and sub-domains.
>>
>> >
>> > Things like 'groups' are very useful though as they can become the
>> > central
>> > location for help and information on topics. You could have for example
>> > a
>> > 'Plasmoid Development' group, for those interested in such things. At
>> > the
>> > moment you're on your own really to find this information out, you'll
>> > probably
>> > start at the wiki, then maybe hit the forums, or irc once you can't find
>> > the
>> > information you need, or maybe you'll just give up (and I'm sure some
>> > do). A
>> > central group would hopefully solve some of these issues. You can also
>> > have
>> > group events, which opens the door to self organised workshops or
>> > meetups, or
>> > maybe just a weekend wiki 'spring clean' event. Or course it would take
>> > someone with a bit of passion and motivation to step up and organise
>> > things
>> > like that, but this at least provides to platform for it to be possible.
>> >
>> > Certainly the multi-site (or multi-blog) element of the commons setup is
>> > something that KDE should really do (it uses wpmu which is how
>> > wordpress.com
>> > works basically). It goes a long way address the unification issues that
>> > there
>> > are at the moment. Ideally I'd like to have a separate site for each of
>> > the
>> > main applications and projects, with all the vital statistics and
>> > appropriate
>> > links listed. It also means that if someone with a real interest in that
>> > particular software wants to change or add things to the content, they
>> > can be
>> > given access to just that particular site, rather than being allowed to
>> > run
>> > riot on the whole lot.
>>
>> WPMU is slightly flawed however as it basically expects to control
>> either a single domain and use paths beneath that, or have control
>> over a whole section of a domain (at least according to their
>> documentation). Control over the whole domain is something which is
>> incompatible with the way kde.org is managed.
>>
>> >
>> > I would also like to setup a job board. Even if it's just listed with
>> > 'experienced C++ devs needed' at the start. I feel some people may be
>> > more
>> > comfortable with a more formal approach to the process, and to be
>> > contact and
>> > talked to about what they'd like to contribute to and how to go about
>> > it. It
>> > could be worded along the lines of, 'if you want to get stuck in visit
>> > here,
>> > or if you'd like a speak to a friendly advisor apply here."? I wonder
>> > whether
>> > this kind of system would be more female friendly as well?
>> >
>> > I have lots of ideas really. But for them to be possible it would
>> > require that
>> > initial shift in direction. The current infrastructure is one of
>> > necessity;
>> > things have been added as and when they have been needed, it's fairly
>> > clear to
>> > see. So perhaps the first thing to do is to take stock of the current
>> > situation
>> > and see where we can consolidate and change, and what will need to stay
>> > the
>> > same (such as the forum and wikis).
>> >
>> > Is there a list anywhere of all the active *.kde.org subdomains? Or is
>> > someone
>> > able to send me a copy? I can go through it then and produce a proper
>> > action
>> > plan.
>>
>> Please see git://anongit.kde.org/sysadmin/dns.git. You can also access
>> this through projects.kde.org or quickgit.kde.org.
>> We have a huge number of subdomains, and far too many outdated subdomains.
>>
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> >
>> > David.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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