[Compcomm] Our goals?

[Ketil Wendelbo Aanensen]

On 6/20/07, Stephen Moore <delfick755 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > OpenCompositing.org has subforums for projects like kiba-dock, awn,
> screenlets etc and also has a larger section for Compiz related stuff. All
> the Compiz related stuff on this website can redirect to compiz.org if
> necessary.
>
>
> one thing though, is that imho, i doubt forums would really be necessary for
> openCompositing.org because each project would very likely already have
> their own forums setup, there's no need to go splitting other communities as
> well :P :D

But it would be nice if they could if they would.
I know I would try to come together with others like me (and not have
to maintain a forum), if I had a project. That would mean more
publicity, possibly more cooperation across the different projects,
maybe even a merge or two? => Better software and more users.

If RYX would keep screenlets-forums on opencompositing.org, that would
be a good thing, especially if it's not dependant on compiz. [Feeling
a huge "NO" coming from someone now]

I also think that applies to other types of comp. projects. Of course,
if they want to sit on their own hill, that would be their choice.
Providing these other projects with their own gitweb, support forums
and other things on opencompositing.org would be fine, and a way for
them to keep their eyes on heavy development of web pages.

All project managers of different projects should of course be able to
admin their own user forums.

I don't think it is *that* important to keep 3rd party projects on
compiz.org, but keeping Compiz Fusion (or whatever) on there because
it is an extension of the compiz core, I still think is vital.

I am simply a user, and I would like to come to compiz.org and see
what my options are.

That means telling me that:
"compiz is the core"
and
"you'll probably like some plugins and settings-manager, we have them
right here, and they
require compiz to work"
And then:
"We cooperate with another project that aims to support all eye candy
known to man/woman, it is on opencompositing.org".
Finally:
"Forums for compiz-dependant stuff is right here at forums.compiz.org,
forums for other eye candy projects are at opencompositing.org"

So, please, make the relationship easy to track. Keeping exclusive
dependencies to compiz, and support for that, in another place than
forums.compiz.org seems illogical and user unfriendly to me. (If it's
so important to make opencompositing.org look huge, then make a
section in the forum index with links to all the forums on compiz.org)

If this is a layout that most parties can agree to, then why not have
all put their vote to it, and put it out as an agreed upon document?
Make it specific, agree on it, and move on to the next disagreement.

- Ketil

PS. Some might notice that this differs *a bit* from the structure I
originally thought of about a week ago. Well, you live, you learn, and
you change your mind slightly. A lesson for everyone, that one...