Re: [Launchpad-users] Attracting participation

[Andrew SB <a.starr.b@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Algis Kabaila <akabaila@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Every project benefits from participation by interested users.  If not by doing
> the work, which is invaraibly quite varied, requiring different tallents, then
> by criticism and/or encouragement.  People are motivated by both and need
> both.  The "developers" are "people" :)
>
> I have been involved for a while with writing of a book with programs to
> support it.  It now has been regisered as "easmy" project on Launchpad (easmy,
> because easy was allready taken up.)  I want to make it as easy as possible
> for people to express their interest (or lack of it) to that project and
> therefore make it possible for registered Launchpad members to join the
> project as simply as possible.  I have seen in some project a link for
> registering interest in the project, subject to acceptance by the
> "administrator" of the project.
>
> How do I go about putting that in easmy, preferrably in its home page?
>
> Like so many other facilities, it probably is very elementary so that
> "everybody" knows - but I don't  :(

The way Launchpad is set up, you join teams not projects. The teams
can then take on different roles in the project. For instance, you
could have an easmy-dev team which you can make the owner of you code
branches so that others can be given commit access. Or you can create
an easmy-users team which could provide a mailing list through
Launchpad for users to discuss your project.

Find out more here: https://help.launchpad.net/Teams

Create new teams here: https://edge.launchpad.net/people/+newteam

- Andrew