From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.236.21.194 with SMTP id r42mr4785557yhr.20.1420679357888; Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:09:17 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.182.28.40 with SMTP id y8ls309589obg.51.gmail; Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:09:17 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.68.84 with SMTP id u20mr33098obt.15.1420679357672; Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:09:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:09:17 -0800 (PST) From: Logen Kain To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: Subject: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_13612_1844432966.1420679357119" ------=_Part_13612_1844432966.1420679357119 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_13613_458415117.1420679357119" ------=_Part_13613_458415117.1420679357119 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is intended to be a continuation of https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LogenKain/posts/LxkBfWqscxy So what can we do to make life easier for contributors and users? Should we have a mailing list? Just use Google communities? (does anyone actually use communities?) Set up a discourse forum? It's fairly easy to do on a Digital Ocean server for $10 a month. Might need to upgrade at some point but $10 wouldn't be too bad to start with. Is google groups good enough? Or does it make Void look bad? Personally I think Void should have a forum that promotes Voidlinux more than Google. Things I know of that we can do to help void: Raise awareness - more people = more potential contributors Contribute package builds Contribute code to the package manager Documentation, I still use the Arch WIki whenever I have a Linux related question. If we could convince some North American Universities to host a void repo that would be wonderful. Anyway, discuss. ------=_Part_13613_458415117.1420679357119 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This is intended to be a continuation of https://plus.googl= e.com/u/0/+LogenKain/posts/LxkBfWqscxy

So what can w= e do to make life easier for contributors and users?

Should we have a mailing list?  Just use Google communities? (does = anyone actually use communities?)
Set up a discourse forum?  = ;It's fairly easy to do on a Digital Ocean server for $10 a month.  Mi= ght need to upgrade at some point but $10 wouldn't be too bad to start with= .
Is google groups good enough?  Or does it make Void look b= ad?  Personally I think Void should have a forum that promotes Voidlin= ux more than Google.

Things I know of that we can = do to help void:
Raise awareness - more people =3D more potential= contributors 
Contribute package builds
Contribut= e code to the package manager
Documentation, I still use the Arch= WIki whenever I have a Linux related question.
If we could convi= nce some North American Universities to host a void repo that would be wond= erful.

Anyway, discuss.
------=_Part_13613_458415117.1420679357119-- ------=_Part_13612_1844432966.1420679357119-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.42.89.211 with SMTP id h19mr12426950icm.32.1420827765628; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:22:45 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.140.28.226 with SMTP id 89ls1802219qgz.98.gmail; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:22:45 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.39.39 with SMTP id u36mr33557qgu.17.1420827765484; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:22:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 10:22:45 -0800 (PST) From: =?UTF-8?Q?Stefan_M=C3=BChlinghaus?= To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_946_1442949346.1420827765206" ------=_Part_946_1442949346.1420827765206 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_947_116832651.1420827765206" ------=_Part_947_116832651.1420827765206 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In my opinion the Google Groups forum is adequate to use, it just needs a little more structure. At the moment all posts are just dumped into one giant list since it is either configured as a mailinglist or there just are no categories as of jet. As soon as there are more posts it will probably become very difficult to find relevant information. This can be changed however, which can be seen for example in the Hangouts Help Forum . I think a simmilar kind of structuring would be absolutely sufficient. But there are other options. Several sites out there offer free forum hosting solutions (Free Forums and others), complete with backup and support. Of course neither Google Groups nor a free forum appear very "professional", but we should not forget that we do not need to appeal to the casual consumer. Void is clearly a distribution for the advanced user, who is comfortable with getting his hands dirty on the shell and wants to tinker with all aspects of his OS. These people, in my experience, prefer function over form and do not care one way or another about appearances. It is a good idea to expand the the wiki, but it will be a looooong time until it gets anywhere near the Arch wiki :) I do not know how the repositories are currently hosted, but as far as I can see there is no problem connection- or speed-wise. More mirrors certainly would not hurt, but that seems to be a topic for a later date. As these things go, I would assume that universities only get interested in mirroring a distro when it has gained a certain amount traction in the linux community. ------=_Part_947_116832651.1420827765206 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In my opinion the Google Groups forum is adequate to use, = it just needs a little more structure. At the moment all posts are just dum= ped into one giant list since it is either configured as a mailinglist or t= here just are no categories as of jet. As soon as there are more posts it w= ill probably become very difficult to find relevant information. This can b= e changed however, which can be seen for example in the Hangouts Help F= orum.

I think a simmilar kind of structuring would b= e absolutely sufficient. But there are other options. Several sites out the= re offer free forum hosting solutions (Free Forums and others), complete with backup and support.
=

Of course neither Google Groups nor a free forum appear= very "professional", but we should not forget that we do not need to appea= l to the casual consumer. Void is clearly a distribution for the advanced u= ser, who is comfortable with getting his hands dirty on the shell and wants= to tinker with all aspects of his OS. These people, in my experience, pref= er function over form and do not care one way or another about appearances.=

It is a good idea to expand the the wiki, but it = will be a looooong time until it gets anywhere near the Arch wiki :)
<= div>
I do not know how the repositories are currently hosted,= but as far as I can see there is no problem connection- or speed-wise. Mor= e mirrors certainly would not hurt, but that seems to be a topic for a late= r date. As these things go, I would assume that universities only get inter= ested in mirroring a distro when it has gained a certain amount traction in= the linux community.
------=_Part_947_116832651.1420827765206-- ------=_Part_946_1442949346.1420827765206-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.66.100.200 with SMTP id fa8mr13729485pab.20.1420850405973; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:40:05 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.182.165.100 with SMTP id yx4ls656012obb.68.gmail; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:40:05 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.165.4 with SMTP id yu4mr236obb.26.1420850405751; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:40:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 16:40:05 -0800 (PST) From: Logen Kain To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <1f748ef6-8fe0-4b3e-8d29-6dc5c89a73a7@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_794_1804808723.1420850405390" ------=_Part_794_1804808723.1420850405390 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_795_213693586.1420850405390" ------=_Part_795_213693586.1420850405390 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm one to vote for function almost everytime, but even the hangouts help form is pretty ugly. If we go with the idea that void is for technical users, much like Arch is, perhaps a mailing list would be more appropriate. As for mirrors, the main mirrors seem to work fine for me as well, it might not be that big of deal but I am curious how universities decide who gets a mirror. Would just be nice to have mirrors on other continents. ------=_Part_795_213693586.1420850405390 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I'm one to vote for function almost everytime, but even the hangouts help form is pretty ugly.  If we go with the idea that void is for technical users, much like Arch is, perhaps a mailing list would be more appropriate.

As for mirrors, the main mirrors seem to work fine for me as well, it might not be that big of deal but I am curious how universities decide who gets a mirror.  Would just be nice to have mirrors on other continents.
------=_Part_795_213693586.1420850405390-- ------=_Part_794_1804808723.1420850405390-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.224.111.196 with SMTP id t4mr11222141qap.8.1421400528384; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:28:48 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.182.248.196 with SMTP id yo4ls535742obc.58.gmail; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:28:48 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.234.103 with SMTP id ud7mr49696obc.12.1421400527998; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:28:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:28:47 -0800 (PST) From: Justin moore To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <38aeb42b-9053-486a-a24c-8b1e8abcedb0@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_673_1451789320.1421400527267" ------=_Part_673_1451789320.1421400527267 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_674_513904026.1421400527267" ------=_Part_674_513904026.1421400527267 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Of course neither Google Groups nor a free forum appear very "professional", but we should not forget that we do not need to appeal to the casual consumer. Void is clearly a distribution for the advanced user, who is comfortable with getting his hands dirty on the shell and wants to tinker with all aspects of his OS. These people, in my experience, prefer function over form and do not care one way or another about appearances." What about function and form? This is something I see in Discourse which is why I am pushing it so hard and I think things are only going to get better. If we can get something installed sooner rather than later, that will allow us to get posts organized before it gets out of hand. On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 7:09:17 PM UTC-6, Logen Kain wrote: > > This is intended to be a continuation of > https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LogenKain/posts/LxkBfWqscxy > > > So what can we do to make life easier for contributors and users? > > Should we have a mailing list? Just use Google communities? (does anyone > actually use communities?) > Set up a discourse forum? It's fairly easy to do on a Digital Ocean > server for $10 a month. Might need to upgrade at some point but $10 > wouldn't be too bad to start with. > Is google groups good enough? Or does it make Void look bad? Personally > I think Void should have a forum that promotes Voidlinux more than Google. > > Things I know of that we can do to help void: > Raise awareness - more people = more potential contributors > Contribute package builds > Contribute code to the package manager > Documentation, I still use the Arch WIki whenever I have a Linux related > question. > If we could convince some North American Universities to host a void repo > that would be wonderful. > > Anyway, discuss. > ------=_Part_674_513904026.1421400527267 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
"Of course neither Google Groups nor a free forum appear v= ery=20 "professional", but we should not forget that we do not need to appeal=20 to the casual consumer. Void is clearly a distribution for the advanced=20 user, who is comfortable with getting his hands dirty on the shell and=20 wants to tinker with all aspects of his OS. These people, in my=20 experience, prefer function over form and do not care one way or another about appearances."

What about function and form? This is something= I see in Discourse which is why I am pushing it so hard and I think things= are only going to get better. If we can get something installed sooner rat= her than later, that will allow us to get posts organized before it gets ou= t of hand.

On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 7:09:17 PM UTC-6, Logen= Kain wrote:
T= his is intended to be a continuation of https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LogenKain/posts/LxkBfWqscxy

So what can we do to= make life easier for contributors and users?

Shou= ld we have a mailing list?  Just use Google communities? (does anyone = actually use communities?)
Set up a discourse forum?  It's f= airly easy to do on a Digital Ocean server for $10 a month.  Might nee= d to upgrade at some point but $10 wouldn't be too bad to start with.
=
Is google groups good enough?  Or does it make Void look bad? &nb= sp;Personally I think Void should have a forum that promotes Voidlinux more= than Google.

Things I know of that we can do to h= elp void:
Raise awareness - more people =3D more potential contri= butors 
Contribute package builds
Contribute code = to the package manager
Documentation, I still use the Arch WIki w= henever I have a Linux related question.
If we could convince som= e North American Universities to host a void repo that would be wonderful.<= /div>

Anyway, discuss.
------=_Part_674_513904026.1421400527267-- ------=_Part_673_1451789320.1421400527267-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.66.139.196 with SMTP id ra4mr12973423pab.19.1421437341737; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:42:21 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.140.39.49 with SMTP id u46ls1484921qgu.3.gmail; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:42:21 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.23.208 with SMTP id 74mr30460qgp.23.1421437341524; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:42:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:42:21 -0800 (PST) From: =?UTF-8?Q?Stefan_M=C3=BChlinghaus?= To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <2bed45d0-6d4f-4885-acdd-3e7a804bf61c@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <38aeb42b-9053-486a-a24c-8b1e8abcedb0@googlegroups.com> References: <38aeb42b-9053-486a-a24c-8b1e8abcedb0@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_1122_81427482.1421437341195" ------=_Part_1122_81427482.1421437341195 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1123_604606835.1421437341195" ------=_Part_1123_604606835.1421437341195 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree completely, function *and* form would be nice. Discourse certainly seems capable, although maybe a little cluttered. There are several problems however: 1. A Discourse hosting plan costs $100 each month, currently even $200. Who is going to pay for that? 2. To self-host Discourse a server is needed, and both the server and Discourse need to be constantly maintained and updated. Again, who is going to pay? 3. What if someone graciously provided the money/server/work and then, after a while, decides to drop out again? Xtraeme would either be stuck with the costs of has to let the forum perish. Not good either way. Google Groups may not be the best solution but certainly one of the most practical ones (and it is not sooooo bad). If you you really want something else I'm sure nobody would object if you set it up and called it "Unofficial Void Linux Forum" or something along those lines. It could be a valuable asset. As I wrote before, there are other free online services available as an alternative. I have to say though that I would personally rather stick with Google than to entrust my data to some dubious free hosting company. ------=_Part_1123_604606835.1421437341195 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I agree completely, function and form would be nice= . Discourse certainly seems capable, although maybe a little cluttered. The= re are several problems however:
  1. A Discourse hosting plan costs= $100 each month, currently even $200. Who is going to pay for that?
  2. To self-host Discourse a server is needed, and both the server and Di= scourse need to be constantly maintained and updated. Again, who is going t= o pay?
  3. What if someone graciously provided the money/server/wor= k and then, after a while, decides to drop out again? Xtraeme would either = be stuck with the costs of has to let the forum perish. Not good either way= .
Google Groups may not be the best solution but certai= nly one of the most practical ones (and it is not sooooo bad). If you you r= eally want something else I'm sure nobody would object if you set it up and= called it "Unofficial Void Linux Forum" or something along those lines. It= could be a valuable asset.

As I wrote before, the= re are other free online services available as an alternative. I have to sa= y though that I would personally rather stick with Google than to entrust m= y data to some dubious free hosting company.

=
------=_Part_1123_604606835.1421437341195-- ------=_Part_1122_81427482.1421437341195-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.66.248.38 with SMTP id yj6mr13215103pac.30.1421438588402; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:03:08 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.140.41.83 with SMTP id y77ls1526070qgy.78.gmail; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:03:08 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.23.208 with SMTP id 74mr31296qgp.23.1421438588233; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:03:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:03:07 -0800 (PST) From: Juan RP To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <2bed45d0-6d4f-4885-acdd-3e7a804bf61c@googlegroups.com> References: <38aeb42b-9053-486a-a24c-8b1e8abcedb0@googlegroups.com> <2bed45d0-6d4f-4885-acdd-3e7a804bf61c@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_1246_413764094.1421438587876" ------=_Part_1246_413764094.1421438587876 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1247_581078872.1421438587876" ------=_Part_1247_581078872.1421438587876 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree completely with Stefan. ------=_Part_1247_581078872.1421438587876 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

I agree completely with Stefan.
------=_Part_1247_581078872.1421438587876-- ------=_Part_1246_413764094.1421438587876-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.236.26.179 with SMTP id c39mr14088047yha.27.1421460541120; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:09:01 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.182.20.107 with SMTP id m11ls742844obe.15.gmail; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:09:00 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.68.113 with SMTP id v17mr442obt.38.1421460540989; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:09:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:09:00 -0800 (PST) From: Logen Kain To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <208c458f-d63f-4e71-932a-199da1bde607@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <2bed45d0-6d4f-4885-acdd-3e7a804bf61c@googlegroups.com> References: <38aeb42b-9053-486a-a24c-8b1e8abcedb0@googlegroups.com> <2bed45d0-6d4f-4885-acdd-3e7a804bf61c@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_1543_844618769.1421460540585" ------=_Part_1543_844618769.1421460540585 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1544_640743913.1421460540585" ------=_Part_1544_640743913.1421460540585 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Aye, I was thinking hosting it on a Digital Ocean server would be decent so long as we are small. If we grew then it would be an issue. Fundraising might be a good idea, but being a technical distro, the number of possible contributers is pretty low. ------=_Part_1544_640743913.1421460540585 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Aye, I was thinking hosting it on a Digital Ocean server would be decent so long as we are small.  If we grew then it would be an issue.  Fundraising might be a good idea, but being a technical distro, the number of possible contributers is pretty low.

------=_Part_1544_640743913.1421460540585-- ------=_Part_1543_844618769.1421460540585-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.50.176.202 with SMTP id ck10mr1671959igc.5.1425015771966; Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:42:51 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.140.105.33 with SMTP id b30ls407568qgf.90.gmail; Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:42:51 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.102.82 with SMTP id v76mr178351qge.25.1425015771743; Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:42:51 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:42:51 -0800 (PST) From: JD Robinson To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <875e6b8a-93be-4090-b9a7-50d8c1dea241@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_4_849624235.1425015771338" ------=_Part_4_849624235.1425015771338 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think I'm going to jump on the bandwagon here. I just installed void to get away from debian and systemd variants. I have had a hard time finding how-to's just to get over the technical hump of learning xbps but am not the least bit dissapointed. I may query some of our local higher education institutions locally to to see what their polocies are on mirroring. ------=_Part_4_849624235.1425015771338-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.66.117.203 with SMTP id kg11mr185602pab.25.1425406845706; Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:20:45 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.182.120.161 with SMTP id ld1ls65513obb.83.gmail; Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:20:45 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.106.131 with SMTP id gu3mr2748obb.25.1425406845414; Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:20:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:20:44 -0800 (PST) From: bougyman To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <7368d573-6933-44d9-b919-6bb363659f89@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <875e6b8a-93be-4090-b9a7-50d8c1dea241@googlegroups.com> References: <875e6b8a-93be-4090-b9a7-50d8c1dea241@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_4735_1226287403.1425406844808" ------=_Part_4735_1226287403.1425406844808 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_4736_1328105943.1425406844814" ------=_Part_4736_1328105943.1425406844814 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For those of you who are looking for a place for real-time collaboration the freenode irc channel #xbps is the best place for that now. As far as adding more structure to the contribution flow I would like to recommend a phabricator instance. I've been using it at work to manage a team with many different projects and it has proven to be the best collaboration system I've yet used. I have an install at http://phabricator.rubyists.com, feel free to dig around and read the phabricator overview. It's like having your own github but with additional collaboration options available and easy to implement workflow strategies (code review, ci integration, workboards, tasks, projects, teams). It puts everything in one place and seamlessly integrates wtih github to keep the public face there. On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 11:42:51 PM UTC-6, JD Robinson wrote: > > I think I'm going to jump on the bandwagon here. I just installed void to > get away from debian and systemd variants. I have had a hard time finding > how-to's just to get over the technical hump of learning xbps but am not > the least bit dissapointed. I may query some of our local higher education > institutions locally to to see what their polocies are on mirroring. ------=_Part_4736_1328105943.1425406844814 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
For those of you who are looking for a place for real-time= collaboration the freenode irc channel #xbps is the best place for that no= w. As far as adding more structure to the contribution flow I would like to= recommend a phabricator instance. I've been using it at work to manage a t= eam with many different projects and it has proven to be the best collabora= tion system I've yet used. I have an install at http://phabricator.rubyists= .com, feel free to dig around and read the phabricator overview. It's like = having your own github but with additional collaboration options available = and easy to implement workflow strategies (code review, ci integration, wor= kboards, tasks, projects, teams). It puts everything in one place and seaml= essly integrates wtih github to keep the public face there.

On Thurs= day, February 26, 2015 at 11:42:51 PM UTC-6, JD Robinson wrote:
I think I'm going to jump on the bandwagon= here. I just installed void to get away from debian and systemd variants. = I have had a hard time finding how-to's just to get over the technical hump= of learning xbps but am not the least bit dissapointed. I may query some o= f our local higher education institutions locally to to see what their polo= cies are on mirroring.
------=_Part_4736_1328105943.1425406844814-- ------=_Part_4735_1226287403.1425406844808-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.236.41.73 with SMTP id g49mr81171241yhb.57.1426656924708; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:35:24 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.51.17.7 with SMTP id ga7ls449862igd.7.gmail; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:35:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.43.133 with SMTP id w5mr51898igl.16.1426656924467; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:35:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:35:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Cassie B To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <67b48d21-cd7f-44d0-bab0-4770512dc402@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_3520_979119857.1426656922933" ------=_Part_3520_979119857.1426656922933 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_3521_680394173.1426656922938" ------=_Part_3521_680394173.1426656922938 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Getting on linuxquestions.org would be nice On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 5:09:17 PM UTC-8, Logen Kain wrote: > > This is intended to be a continuation of > https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LogenKain/posts/LxkBfWqscxy > > > So what can we do to make life easier for contributors and users? > > Should we have a mailing list? Just use Google communities? (does anyone > actually use communities?) > Set up a discourse forum? It's fairly easy to do on a Digital Ocean > server for $10 a month. Might need to upgrade at some point but $10 > wouldn't be too bad to start with. > Is google groups good enough? Or does it make Void look bad? Personally > I think Void should have a forum that promotes Voidlinux more than Google. > > Things I know of that we can do to help void: > Raise awareness - more people = more potential contributors > Contribute package builds > Contribute code to the package manager > Documentation, I still use the Arch WIki whenever I have a Linux related > question. > If we could convince some North American Universities to host a void repo > that would be wonderful. > > Anyway, discuss. > ------=_Part_3521_680394173.1426656922938 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Getting on linuxquestions.org would be nice 
O= n Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 5:09:17 PM UTC-8, Logen Kain wrote:
This is intended to b= e a continuation of https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LogenKain/posts/= LxkBfWqscxy

So what can we do to make life easier fo= r contributors and users?

Should we have a mailing= list?  Just use Google communities? (does anyone actually use communi= ties?)
Set up a discourse forum?  It's fairly easy to do on = a Digital Ocean server for $10 a month.  Might need to upgrade at some= point but $10 wouldn't be too bad to start with.
Is google group= s good enough?  Or does it make Void look bad?  Personally I thin= k Void should have a forum that promotes Voidlinux more than Google.
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Things I know of that we can do to help void:
= Raise awareness - more people =3D more potential contributors 
Contribute package builds
Contribute code to the package manag= er
Documentation, I still use the Arch WIki whenever I have a Lin= ux related question.
If we could convince some North American Uni= versities to host a void repo that would be wonderful.

=
Anyway, discuss.
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