mhm.. a forum.. i never thought about that. Can you explain what do you mean by forum? It is not a wiki?
btw. i think Sourceforge provides a forum per project upps.. i just saw that Larry send a link on an example forum @Paul: I/we use bug tracker and feature request on sourceforge.. (but mostly developers do use them) stefan Larry Becker schrieb: > Hi, > > I would make a distinction between bugs that reduce usability and > those where a feature is totally non-functional. If we have features > that are non-functional, they should be fixed immediately or removed. > > However, Uwe makes a good point about non-English speakers having > nowhere to go for support. An email contact is one solution, however > it has the disadvantage of depending on one person to be responsible > for a language. Perhaps a multilingual web forum would also solve > this problem. I manage a couple of forums and they are fairly easy to > set up. I can look for a place to host it if everyone likes the idea. > > I have always thought that we need to encourage more participation > by JUMP users. Unfortunately, the jump-users list discussions were > dominated early on by developers. The jump-pilot-devel list has > helped with that problem, but now the jump-users list seems to be > mostly quiet. I think that most casual users of OpenJump are put off > by the effort it takes to monitor discussion lists, and that they > would be more likely to participate in a forum where they can search > for solutions or post a question (hopefully in their own language). > > regards, > Larry Becker > > On 8/16/07, Uwe Dalluege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> the problem is not to find an bug, the problem is to fix it >> because we all have less time. >> >> The "normal user" can find bugs but I think it is >> a problem for not English-speaken people to report a bug. >> >> So my suggestion: >> >> We need on the OpenJUMP page >> http://openjump.org/wiki/show/HomePage >> >> a link where people can send a mail in >> there national language >> Maybe one e-mail address for each language. >> The person behind this e-mail-address >> test this error, translate it to English and put it to the bug-tracker. >> >> If you like, after my vacation, I can take the German-part of this job. >> >> Regards, >> >> Uwe >> >> Stefan Steiniger schrieb: >>> Hei, >>> >>> but in general Larry is right.. we should sarch for testers >>> >>> most of the errors are reported by the same people. >>> >>> stefan >>> >>> Uwe Dalluege schrieb: >>>> Hi Larry, >>>> >>>> you wrote: >>>> >>>>> This (and the problem with Image Layres) raises the question, "Is >>>>> anyone besides the developers testing and reporting bugs?" >>>> Please have a look at this side: >>>> >>>> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=679906&group_id=118054&func=browse >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Uwe >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> HafenCity Universitaet Hamburg >>>> Department Geomatik >>>> Rechenzentrum >>>> Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Dalluege :-) >>>> Hebebrandstr. 1 >>>> 22297 Hamburg >>>> Tel.: +49 40 42827 - 5335 oder 5353 oder 5313 >>>> Fax: +49 40 42827 - 5409 >>>> E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Url: http://www.hcu-hamburg.de/geomatik/ >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Larry Becker schrieb: >>>>> I just found and fixed a problem with the Toggle Visibility Layer Name >>>>> popup menu item. It was totally nonfunctional. I wonder how long it >>>>> has been broken. >>>>> >>>>> This (and the problem with Image Layres) raises the question, "Is >>>>> anyone besides the developers testing and reporting bugs?" We need to >>>>> recruit some testers. Perhaps an announcement on SourceForge where >>>>> some of the 100 people downloading OpenJump per day might see it. >>>>> Something like: >>>>> >>>>> "Software testers needed on project OpenJump. All you have to do is >>>>> use OpenJump and report any bugs you find using the SourceForge >>>>> tracker." >>>>> >>>>> regards, >>>>> Larry >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >>>> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >>>> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >>>> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Jump-pilot-devel mailing list >>>> Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel >>>> >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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