fenics team mailing list archive

["Garth N. Wells" <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, 19 March 2013, Anders Logg wrote:

> I tried Google groups as an alternativ to setting up a mailman list on
> fenicsproject.org (which required some non-trivial configuration):
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/fenics-dev
>
> Would that be a good alternative, or does it require everyone who
> wants to post to register for a Google email account?
>
>
It would be nice if we don't have to maintain a mailing list ourselves.

Garth




> --
> Anders
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:48:03PM +0000, David Ham wrote:
> >   A third practical issue, we need to think about how we cleanly
> >   transition branches.
> >   David
> >     Two practical questions:
> >     * Bitbucket issues look nice for tracking bugs. Bur how about the
> >     registered open bugs? Will 'someone' transfer these from Launchpad
> >     or will they be lost in the move?
> >     * Is there any work involved in maintaining the mailinglist?
>
>
>
> >     > Dear FEniCS users and developers,
> >     >
> >     > A couple of weeks back, a discussion got started on whether
> >     > Launchpad/bzr is the best platform for FEniCS development.
> >     >
> >     > Sites like Bitbucket and GitHub are competing heavily to offer
> >     > superior services to coders, the development of bzr seems to have
> >     > stagnated and Git offers several attractive features over Bazaar.
> >     >
> >     > We've discussed various options over the last week with several
> >     > developers, and done some testing and evaluation of our different
> >     > options. Based on these discussions, Garth and I would like to
> >     make
>
>
>
> >     > the following proposal:
> >     >
> >     > 1. Move all the code to Git
> >     >
> >     > 2. Move all the code to Bitbucket
> >     >
> >     > 3. Move the user questions to [2]http://scicomp.stackexchange.com/
> >     >
> >     > 4. Move the mailing list(s) to [3]fenicsproject.org
> >     >
> >     > 5. Move all the code into a single repository using Git subtress
> >     >
> >     > Some comments:
> >     >
> >     > - Bitbucket and GitHub seem very comparable. One small advantage
> >     of
>
>
>
> >     > Â Bitbucket is that they allow free private repositories for
> >     academic
>
>
>
> >     > Â use, which some of us already use heavily for papers and
> >     > Â presentations.
> >     >
> >     > - If we later want to switch to GitHub, it would be a very
> >     lightweight
>
>
>
> >     > Â operation, since it would only involve moving a Git repository
> >     (not
>
>
>
> >     > Â user questions, mailing lists, project teams etc etc). We can
> >     also
>
>
>
> >     > Â mirror the Git repository on GitHub right from the start so that
> >     > Â GitHub users can access it conveniently.
> >     >
> >     > - I've asked the moderators on scicomp.stackexchange whether they
> >     > Â would welcome FEniCS user questions and they are very welcoming.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     Â [4]http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/338/can-scicomp
> >     -stackexchange-be-used-for-project-specific-questions
>
>
>
> >     >
> >     > Â Some work will be required to create instructions on which
> >     > Â questions are appropriate to send to scicomp.stackexchange, and
> >     > Â which might instead go to the mailing list.
> >     >
> >     > - Let's start with a single mailing list
> >     [5]fenics-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>.
>
>
>
> >     > Â If we need more, we can add it later.
> >     >
> >     > - I haven't thought about the Launchpad PPA service, so that
> >     remains
>
>
>
> >     > Â to be discussed.
> >     >
> >     > What we do now is:
> >     >
> >     > - Hear back from the community. I've had a chance to talk to most
> >     of
>
>
>
> >     > Â you here at the FEniCS'13 conference in Cambridge, but not all.
> >     > Â Please state any objections.
> >     >
> >     > - Move the code over to Bitbucket as soon as we can. Then the
> >     rest.
>
>
>
> >     >
> >     > PS: Thanks to Andy for being so obnoxious and bugging me about why
> >     we
>
>
>
> >     > are still on Launchpad, and for suggesting the use of
> >     > scicomp.stackexchange for the user questions.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > _______________________________________________
> >     > Mailing list: [6]https://launchpad.net/~fenics
> >     > Post to     : [7]fenics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>
> >     > Unsubscribe : [8]https://launchpad.net/~fenics
> >     > More help   : [9]https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> >     _______________________________________________
> >     Mailing list: [10]https://launchpad.net/~fenics
> >     Post to     : [11]fenics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>
> >     Unsubscribe : [12]https://launchpad.net/~fenics
> >     More help   : [13]https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> > Referenser
> >   1. javascript:;
> >   2. http://scicomp.stackexchange.com/
> >   3. http://fenicsproject.org/
> >   4.
> http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/338/can-scicomp-stackexchange-be-used-for-project-specific-questions
> >   5. javascript:;
> >   6. https://launchpad.net/~fenics
> >   7. javascript:;
> >   8. https://launchpad.net/~fenics
> >   9. https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> >  10. https://launchpad.net/~fenics
> >  11. javascript:;
> >  12. https://launchpad.net/~fenics
> >  13. https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> >  14. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/david.ham
>
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Garth N. Wells
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~gnw20