--- Jay Belanger <belanger@truman.edu> wrote:
>
> C Y <smustudent1@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > --- Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> ...
> > > ... Is there a "to-do"
> > > list concept in sourceforge?
> >
> > Yes there is, although I don't have too much experience with using
> it.
> > (Anyone?) It is called the Task list. I've set up a basic example
> > here: http://sourceforge.net/pm/?group_id=22406
>
> There is a Maxima project page at Sourceforge already
> (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/maxima) administered by Steve
> Horne. (I seem to recall he set it up to take advantage of the mail
> list capabilities.) Is he on this list?
I've contacted him, and he seems willing to let us use the site. I
just used the above address because I am admin there and could set it
up as an example.
> It seems to me that, more important than any administrative details,
> something needs to be set up quickly. Anything.
> (I've been in too many groups where people spent so much time talking
> about how to do something that nobody ever got around to doing
> anything...)
Agreed.
> I seem to recall someone writing that Texas would open the CVS access
> to Maxima so the project could continue. This seems like the
> quickest
> way to start, it can always be moved later. Can this be done?
Presumably, but we need to know who commits stuff, who verifies it,
etc. I've been trying to get some kind of structure togeather, but
Richard is understandably reluctant to lead and no one has volunteered.
I am unqualified to lead, and if I were to try the result would be a
disaster. We need someone who has the knowledge and will to step up
and do this. Until we have that I'm not sure where we can go. If
nothing else we'll just have to do our best as a group - that's one of
the reasons I think it's important to document what we have. That way,
when we do get ahold of someone with leadership will and technical
skill, they won't have to navigate a wilderness blind. That part, at
least, we can try to do. I'm planning to move the documentation effort
to sourceforge once I clean up the code from my first attempt, and that
can at least get underway. Currently I'll be working on a user manual,
install docs, and other general interest stuff. This won't directly
help maxima, but if we can make the road to usage easier for people we
might convince someone it's worth the effort to forge the threads into
a structured development effort. And in the meantime, those we do have
will be learning the system, and gaining skill (right guys? ;) with
maxima and lisp.
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