openshot.developers team mailing list archive

[Jonathan Thomas <jonathan.oomph@xxxxxxxxx>]

A quick update for everyone.  I have created the following teams & mailing
lists tonight on LaunchPad.  I'm just thinking through the process of how to
best organize this stuff.  Take a look:

   - *OpenShot Users:* https://launchpad.net/~openshot.users - General
   user announcements, questions, discussions, etc...
   - *OpenShot Code:* https://launchpad.net/~openshot.code - Only Bazaar
   "committers" on the official OpenShot trunk.  Very few developers in this
   team (maybe 2 or 3).
   - *OpenShot Bugs:* https://launchpad.net/~openshot.bugs - Receives all
   bug-related emails and notifications.
   - *OpenShot Developers:* https://launchpad.net/~openshot.developers (our
   existing team) - Discussions about new features, updates, plans, releases,
   etc...  Any developers welcome to this list.

Please let me know thoughts, suggestions, complaints, or anything else on
your mind related to LaunchPad teams, mailing lists, organization, etc....

Thanks!
-Jonathan


On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Jonathan Thomas
<jonathan.oomph@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Greetings everyone!
>
> I have been considering some changes to our LaunchPad team & mailing list
> structure for OpenShot, and I was hoping to get some good feedback on the
> following ideas.  We currently only have a single team on LaunchPad,
> "OpenShot Developers".  We use the same team as our "Bug Contact", which is
> why we all get so much email, etc...
>
> I would like to propose the following:
>
>    - *OpenShot Developers* - This will be a general purpose team, to
>    facilitate mailing list conversations on upcoming features, issues, and
>    general communication. (similar to how it's used today)
>    - *OpenShot Code* - This team will have commit access to our main code
>    branch, and permissions to publish to the official PPA.  Ideally, this will
>    just be a very "select" and "small" group of our best developers.  Currently
>    I am the only developer with commit access, and I would like to at least
>    grant this permission to another human, in case I get run over by a bus, or
>    something. =)
>    - *OpenShot Bugs* - This team is responsible for working bug reports,
>    managing the bug system, and receiving the bug report emails.  This mailing
>    list will be the highest volume of email, compared to the other ones.
>
> So, there you have it.  3 LaunchPad teams w/ mailing lists, to better
> structure our group and communicate.  Thoughts?  Opinions?
>
> Another idea to better structure our teams, is to appoint people specific
> "titles" and "responsibilities" within the OpenShot organization.  Think
> about that idea also, and let me know your ideas for positions / titles (and
> descriptions) that we might want to offer.  Things like "Community Manager",
> etc...  All of these ideas (new teams, new mailing lists, and new titles)
> are building towards a future where we are better organized, more informed,
> and more likely to survive the test of time.  If one of us disappears, it
> would be nice to think the project could continue without too many surprises
> or problems.  Just to clarify, I'm not planning on leaving the project at
> all.  But, if I get run over or disappear for any reason, I want to ensure
> the survival of OpenShot, and all the great things we have built together.
> =)
>
> Thanks!
> -Jonathan
>
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