Re: [Fab-user] Status update

[Jeff Forcier]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Travis Swicegood <address@hidden> wrote:

> As a side note, Pull Requests will help here in my opinion.

I thought I mentioned this earlier, but if not, yes: pull requests and
commit comments and so forth are definite +1s for moving to Github.

> It's somewhat
> easier to write long, very well thought out defenses for a particular
> implementation.  It's another thing entirely to write out the code.

But I *like* writing long well thought out defenses! ;) (I agree that
for the most part a discussion centered around code sounds better, and
Issues/Wiki can fill in as needed for truly non-obvious design
discussions.)

> Fresh starts are always a good thing.  I'd say lock Redmine, throw up a link
> redirecting people to @fabric/fabric and pull over what's needed as it's
> determined that it's needed.

That is the obvious choice, but I worry about confusing newbies, and
forcing users of all levels to have to search 2x issue trackers.
People sometimes don't bother searching the 1 tracker we have now,
having 2 would raise the due-diligence barrier that much more.

I still have to see what options exist for migrating (fully or
ticket-by-ticket) and am somewhat optimistic about prior-art given the
popularity of both platforms.

> On a semi-related note -- are you planning on moving over to the @fabric
> Organization instead of your personal account?

I'd like to, but not sure. On one hand it'll already be a big shakeup
so it'd be a good time; on the other, as above, it'd add that much
*more* confusion for contributors (and thus more work for me and any
other admins, not to mention potentially lost contribution, though
that is less of a problem) about where to look for / submit things.

> P.S.  Do I get to update my signature to be the Patron Saint of Fabric?  Not
> sure if I qualify as a true patron saint, but it'd still be a cool title.

Sadly I think Christian still retains that title but if you want to
fight him for it, I think I can rent out a warehouse some evening ;)

-- 
Jeff Forcier
Unix sysadmin; Python/Ruby engineer
http://bitprophet.org