I always read on several sites that projects like KDE and GNOME and several others (in fact all the standard opensource projects) were started by interest groups and they executed these projects entirely with discussions and decisions on mails.
Why dont we come up with some ideas like this and start off working on them? No offense to anyone. Harshal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raju Mathur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 3:02 PM Subject: programming question on the list (was) Re: [ilugd]: minutes..contd. > >>>>> "Sandip" == Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sandip> Ramneek Handa wrote: > >> project. i was concerned about one thing that i never get any > >> mails about linux programming and stuff... Why dont we put up > >> another list or website for those who are interested in > >> programming more than installation, social work, and promoting > >> linux. We could probably start our own open > >> > Sandip> I agree that we hardly have programming issues coming up > Sandip> on this list, but there is perhaps a reason. And the > Sandip> reason is the way evolution of UG or user groups as it > Sandip> takes place in every country or city. > > Sandip> At first there is a topic of interest and people of a > Sandip> country with common interest join in and the list/group > Sandip> grows. Soon there are so many people in the group and > Sandip> large number of geographically common people show up and > Sandip> the need for a regional group arises with the birth of > Sandip> local LUGs. > > Sandip> ILUGD has mainly been a regionalisation of the linux india > Sandip> initiative with focus on solving common > Sandip> installation/maintenance issues and linux envangelism. As > Sandip> such from the ratio of mails in LIH and LIP you can gauge > Sandip> the ratio of need for the various topics. Over the last > Sandip> two years, LIP or the Linux India Programmers list has > Sandip> grown from a handful of people. But the size isn't large > Sandip> enough for regionalisation. In other words, yes, you can > Sandip> go ahead and start a programmers list under ilugd right > Sandip> now(as I had once requested a year or two back), but the > Sandip> two points - traffic and henceforth the usefulness can be > Sandip> a real hamper. > > If you look at it, programming isn't such a regional activity as other > LUG activities. E.g. there are very few cases when programmers (from > different projects/companies) actually need to meet to solve a common > problem, etc. Maybe that's one reason there aren't any local > programming Special Interest Groups. > > However, if enough people see a good reason to have a local > programming-related list (and associated activities) there's no reason > why we shouldn't start one. We can do this through a poll, or we can > just start a list provisionally and see what sort of responses we get. > > Sandip> The reason is definitely because of the still fledgling > Sandip> software development on the linux plarform in India or the > Sandip> relatively few Indians involved in software development on > Sandip> this platform in the world. But my advice would be to sign > Sandip> up on the linux-india-programmers list if you are > Sandip> interested in programming. Most of the programmers of > Sandip> ilugd are signed up there anyway. On top of that LIP has > Sandip> some really good people on it, and due to being relatively > Sandip> low traffic, your problems/discussions will get much more > Sandip> attention by people. You can still discuss programming on > Sandip> this list - only you would get a smaller audience. Maybe > Sandip> in future LIP would grow large enough with a lot of > Sandip> programmers in and around Delhi to merit a separete > Sandip> mailing list under ilugd. > > I agree, the overall quality of posts and responses in LIP is pretty > high quality. Anyone seriously into Linux/Unix programming should > definitely consider subscribing to that, irrespective of whether we > have a local list or not. > > Regards, > > -- Raju > -- > Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ > It is the mind that moves > > ================================================ > To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header > Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org > ================================================= > ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org =================================================
