[Mageia-discuss] help from kde forums

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op zaterdag 11 december 2010 11:42:25 schreef Ahmad Samir:
> On 11 December 2010 12:24, Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > Op vrijdag 10 december 2010 23:02:02 schreef Ahmad Samir:
> >> On 19 September 2010 17:54, Jerome Quelin <jquelin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > hi,
> >> > 
> >> > here's a mail that i received from anne wilson, of kde's fame:
> >> > 
> >> > ----- Forwarded message from Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org> -----
> >> > 
> >> >> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:57:14 +0100
> >> >> From: Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org>
> >> >> To: jquelin at gmail.com
> >> >> Subject: Mageia
> >> >> User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.34.4-0.1-default; KDE/4.5.1;
> >> >> i686; ; )
> >> >> 
> >> >> I'm no longer subscribed to the Mandriva mailing lists, but a friend
> >> >> forwards interesting messages to me.  Two of my family still run
> >> >> Mandriva (I maintain their systems) and I hope to have another
> >> >> convert soon.  The recent news about Mandriva has been a blow to me.
> >> >>  I cut my Linux teeth on Mandrake 8.x.  When the call for members to
> >> >> invest, I was there.  I was one of the original club members.  It
> >> >> felt like the end of a long story, for me.
> >> >> 
> >> >> So, to the reason for this email.  I see you have got your IRC
> >> >> channels set up.  Consider having a forum on forum.kde.org - the
> >> >> admins are helpful and welcoming.  I'm the de facto maintainer of
> >> >> content on UserBase (see my sig), so ping me when ever you want
> >> >> Mageia specifics mentioning there.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Good luck to you all.  I'll be watching.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Anne
> >> >> --
> >> >> KDE Community Working Group
> >> >> New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
> >> > 
> >> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >> > 
> >> > so, for our forum overlords in here - this may be interesting to take
> >> > that into account.
> >> > 
> >> > jérôme
> >> > --
> >> > jquelin at gmail.com
> >> 
> >> I guess a sub-forum for a KDE app might fit in forum.kde.org; but not
> >> for a full fledged distro...
> >> 
> >> The forum of a distro will get posts about all sorts of software
> >> (other DE's, kernel, hardware, drakxtools... etc), not just
> >> kde-related problems. So I don't think sub-forum in forum.kde.org will
> >> do it for a distro (just my humble 0.02€ worth).
> > 
> > i donno, it might be yet another mageia (sub-)community.
> > 
> > and possibly also a way to gather more users/testers during alpha
> > testing.
> 
> Having a sub- community isn't necessarily a good thing; it should be
> done only when needed, e.g. the localised forums (MLO, MUD... etc).
> But for the English-speaking community one official forum should do,
> (this is my own opinion, anyway).


the problem with sub-communities (even i18n) is that you need someone who 
wants to manage is and be a bridge between mageia and the sub-community.

I do agree that it seems like it'd be easier if there is only 1 item / 
division; but if all the sub-communities are managed well and have good 
connections to it's parent; then i see no problem.

one could argue that someone who is bridging; could also be doing other 
usefull stuff.

otoh, if that KDE person wants to be the bridge, and she can handle it, she 
can do it, imho.

if it's "official" or not... well that's another question ...