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[Thomas Plastino Martin <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A project management system is just one way to go about it.  If the majority
of the team wanted to use one, I would be for it.  It really comes down to
what the team wants vs. what the individual wants.

Thomas Plastino Martin
https://launchpad.net/~tenach <https://launchpad.net/%7Etenach>
http://tenach.net


On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 8:16 PM, matthew byers <faintstlsaint@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Alright so if we are not going to go with idea of a pms than
> we definitely need a "central" hub of location. As you said, mailing list,
> irc, lp, git, docs, all these have different uses and yet we really don't
> interact as a team. Docs team wont talk to devs, etc etc. But then again we
> do have irc so maybe that can be our communication but what if decisions are
> made there when someone isn't there?? Tenach brings up a valid point of
> turning whube.com into something more for our hub. I like the idea of
> customizing and developing whube.com to be our tools/info page. But i will
> say this for the last time is that in my mind, a pms is looking real handy
> right now but i have no shame in learning the best practices for a team.
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Thomas Plastino Martin <
> thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> According to Launchpad, we use it for 'Answers'
>>
>>
>> Thomas Plastino Martin
>> https://launchpad.net/~tenach <https://launchpad.net/%7Etenach>
>> http://tenach.net
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Thomas Plastino Martin <
>> thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> http://bugs.whube.com - our own bug tracking.
>>> http://github.com/whube/whube - our source code versioning
>>> http://launchpad.net/whube - blueprints, and some other stuff. I'm
>>> confused about LP (for whube and in general).
>>> http://docs.whube.com - A wiki for documentation and other whube-related
>>> information
>>>
>>> These are all that I know of besides my +1 version of Whube at
>>> http://bugs.thescoundrels.org
>>>
>>>
>>> Thomas Plastino Martin
>>> https://launchpad.net/~tenach <https://launchpad.net/%7Etenach>
>>> http://tenach.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 8:01 PM, David Wonderly <
>>> david.wonderly@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ok, as I was saying I need the locations of all of the Status reports,
>>>> TODO
>>>> List, tasking etc we have littered throughout the place. If you have a
>>>> created
>>>> anything regarding this please send it to me. :)
>>>>
>>>> -DW
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:27:08 pm Thomas Plastino Martin
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > I've never until today heard of Codendi (Codeni is completely
>>>> different and
>>>> > not related to project management).  It looks interesting.
>>>> >
>>>> > We have docs.whube for wiki/documentaiton, we have launchpad for
>>>> blueprints
>>>> > and other things, whube itself for bug tracking... I think we need to
>>>> use
>>>> > what we have instead of looking for a larger project to use.  Between
>>>> > those, IRC and this list, I think we can obtain any goals we set for
>>>> > ourselves.  We just need to apply ourselves to more "doing", and not
>>>> just
>>>> > talking about doing.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thomas Plastino Martin
>>>> > https://launchpad.net/~tenach <https://launchpad.net/%7Etenach> <
>>>> https://launchpad.net/%7Etenach>
>>>> > http://tenach.net
>>>> >
>>>> > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:04 PM, matthew byers
>>>> <faintstlsaint@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>> > > Alright so i would like to nominate: Codeni community version. It is
>>>> full
>>>> > > of modifiable features and is stable. I really like the idea of a
>>>> "all in
>>>> > > one" type of system which is why i like the larger applications. But
>>>> as i
>>>> > > spoke with tenach who has more experience in this area than i do he
>>>> > > pointed out that maybe we dont need the large applications. But i
>>>> cant
>>>> > > help but notice all the features the larger platforms offer. I am a
>>>> fan
>>>> > > of the wiki/doc additions, plus the repository feature as the GIT
>>>> module
>>>> > > is added to the new release of codeni. I have attached the brochure
>>>> > > explaining more on this option. Either way i feel we need something.
>>>> Be
>>>> > > it collabtiv or codeni or whatever. Whube needs some organization!!!
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Thomas Plastino Martin <
>>>> > >
>>>> > > thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> > >> Ah, Redmine! I totally forgot about that Rails app.  We were, for
>>>> about
>>>> > >> four months, using Redmine as our main project management system in
>>>> my
>>>> > >> business.  We had migrated over from Trac which was not fitting our
>>>> > >> needs. While Redmine had some awesome features and it was working
>>>> > >> pretty well for us, it had a lot of excess built right in.  I do
>>>> not
>>>> > >> know exactly what was causing it, but either Redmine and/or Ruby on
>>>> > >> Rails was not working as it should, and I often found myself having
>>>> to
>>>> > >> fix Redmine so we could continue to log in and use it.  After four
>>>> > >> months we migrated to Collabtiv, which was much smaller in terms of
>>>> > >> built in features, but suited us a little better. We used that up
>>>> until
>>>> > >> we split, and now I don't really use any yet.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> If we were to go this route, I'd vote for Collabtiv unless we find
>>>> > >> something better.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Thomas Plastino Martin
>>>> > >> https://launchpad.net/~tenach <https://launchpad.net/%7Etenach> <
>>>> https://launchpad.net/%7Etenach>
>>>> > >> http://tenach.net
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 2:47 PM, matthew byers
>>>> <faintstlsaint@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>> > >>> This issue occured to me today as i was going through some whube
>>>> pages
>>>> > >>> in my bookmarks and realized i had over 6 seperate pages of whube
>>>> > >>> stuff trying to juggle. Thus the idea of project management came
>>>> up
>>>> > >>> and tenach felt the same way i did. Though i dont speak for
>>>> everyone i
>>>> > >>> feel as if those who are not direct devs of whube are not in the
>>>> loop
>>>> > >>> as to the "status" of whube. And i really dont know when its my
>>>> turn
>>>> > >>> as the wiki guy to jump in and turn out some docs. With some sort
>>>> of
>>>> > >>> project management system we all can be on one accord  as tenach
>>>> has
>>>> > >>> already described. Doing some research i came across redmine and
>>>> > >>> though i have never used it it looks really feature rich.
>>>> > >>> http://www.redmine.org/
>>>> > >>> http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/Features
>>>> > >>> With redmine we manage repos from git and other version controls,
>>>> setup
>>>> > >>> wiki/docs, track bugs and whube feature additions, assign
>>>> teams/roles
>>>> > >>> and we do this all in one location as they get organized and setup
>>>> > >>> then when they are all pretty and ready for the world we migrate
>>>> them
>>>> > >>> to their appropriate web pages: ie: bugs.whube, docs.whube, etc.
>>>> We
>>>> > >>> already have a project manager so he can head up the project
>>>> > >>> management system! Just my thoughts....
>>>> > >>>
>>>> > >>>
>>>> > >>> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Thomas Plastino Martin <
>>>> > >>>
>>>> > >>> tenach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> > >>>> Hello everyone,
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>> We need to organize Whube in a serious manner.  At present we do
>>>> not
>>>> > >>>> have a solid goal for the future past our list for DD.  This team
>>>> is
>>>> > >>>> growing and now we're in need of some sort of system in place
>>>> where
>>>> > >>>> we can all stay 'in the loop'.  So far we have docs.whube,
>>>> bugs.whube
>>>> > >>>> and Launchpad.  I think that we need to start actively putting
>>>> our
>>>> > >>>> team organization together, so that we all know who is doing
>>>> what,
>>>> > >>>> where we're going, etc.
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>> stlsaint suggested using a project management system like Pier.
>>>>  I
>>>> > >>>> have only really worked with Trac and Collabtiv, both of which I
>>>> am
>>>> > >>>> not too fond of (I prefer Collabtiv over Trac any day though).  I
>>>> > >>>> think it might be a good idea, though I was under the impression
>>>> we
>>>> > >>>> were going to use Launchpad for team stuff, such as
>>>> > >>>> milestones/blueprints/whatnot.  However, this confuses me.
>>>> Launchpad
>>>> > >>>> is confusing too.
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>> Anyway.  What are we going to do?
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>> * We need to have an outline for the future of Whube.
>>>> > >>>> * We should state clearly how we are going to use Launchpad, and
>>>> use
>>>> > >>>> it as such.
>>>> > >>>> * There is more, but I do not remember off the top of my head at
>>>> the
>>>> > >>>> moment.
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>> Whube has potential to be awesome, we just need to realize the
>>>> path
>>>> > >>>> and figure out exactly how we are going to go about it.  I think
>>>> that
>>>> > >>>> the days of freeform coding are (mostly) over, at least until we
>>>> have
>>>> > >>>> a solid understanding of everyone's contributions.
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>> I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.  Hopefully I'm not way
>>>> off
>>>> > >>>> base with this.
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>> Thanks,
>>>> > >>>>
>>>> > >>>> Thomas Plastino Martin
>>>> > >>>> https://launchpad.net/~tenach <https://launchpad.net/%7Etenach><
>>>> https://launchpad.net/%7Etenach>
>>>> > >>>> http://tenach.net
>>>> > >>>>
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