On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Dmitry Mikushin <dmitry at kernelgen.org> wrote:> Hi Anton, > > I think it would be worth to remove this signature in the bottom line: > > Last modified: $Date: 2009/12/16 09:03:23 $ > > Otherwise, new people may think this page is long time abandoned :)It indicates that it *is* long-abandoned! We need to start actively adding to it. Maybe it would get more traffic if we brought the page into the Sphinx docs? That way, developers can easily modify it without having to check out another (little-known) SVN repo. Anton, what do you think about that? It might be good to start fresh to ensure a high signal/noise (up to date/out of date) ratio. -- Sean Silva
Sean,> Maybe it would get more traffic if we brought the page into the Sphinx > docs? That way, developers can easily modify it without having to > check out another (little-known) SVN repo. Anton, what do you think > about that? It might be good to start fresh to ensure a high > signal/noise (up to date/out of date) ratio.Go ahead with it. Given the "freshness" of OpenProjects page, I believe that any action here will yield a goodness :) Thanks! -- With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint Petersburg State University
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Sean Silva <silvas at purdue.edu> wrote:> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Dmitry Mikushin <dmitry at kernelgen.org> wrote: >> Hi Anton, >> >> I think it would be worth to remove this signature in the bottom line: >> >> Last modified: $Date: 2009/12/16 09:03:23 $ >> >> Otherwise, new people may think this page is long time abandoned :) > > It indicates that it *is* long-abandoned! We need to start actively > adding to it. > > Maybe it would get more traffic if we brought the page into the Sphinx > docs? That way, developers can easily modify it without having to > check out another (little-known) SVN repo. Anton, what do you think > about that? It might be good to start fresh to ensure a high > signal/noise (up to date/out of date) ratio.We might also want to link [1] from somewhere. [1] http://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangTools.html#ideas-for-new-tools Dmitri -- main(i,j){for(i=2;;i++){for(j=2;j<i;j++){if(!(i%j)){j=0;break;}}if (j){printf("%d\n",i);}}} /*Dmitri Gribenko <gribozavr at gmail.com>*/
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Anton Korobeynikov <anton at korobeynikov.info> wrote:> Sean, > >> Maybe it would get more traffic if we brought the page into the Sphinx >> docs? That way, developers can easily modify it without having to >> check out another (little-known) SVN repo. Anton, what do you think >> about that? It might be good to start fresh to ensure a high >> signal/noise (up to date/out of date) ratio. > Go ahead with it. Given the "freshness" of OpenProjects page, I > believe that any action here will yield a goodness :)Sorry for the delay on this. I was initially thinking that it would be a good idea to just have an "OpenProjects.rst" similar in spirit to the existing OpenProjects page, but I'm not so sure that it is a good idea. I'm convinced that such a page will become a boneyard by its very nature ("dump your ideas here"). I think that there needs to be some ownership policy for the projects (such as a person willing to guide someone interested in working on the project). As with most policy decisions I think that they should be discussed. This kind of ownership would also serve as a means to periodically clean up the list (by pinging the owners to see if the idea is still relevant). Some kind of ownership is also probably necessary in order to ensure that projects can be feasibly executed. My impression is that most LLVM developers (especially experienced ones) are already busy and know of plenty of things to work on in LLVM, which means that the audience of this page is primarily non-LLVM developers (for example, researchers in academia that do not have LLVM-specific expertise) or less experienced LLVM developers; therefore it is imperative that this page include resources (such as a person to contact for more information) that will put them on the path to successfully completing the project. I don't think it is sufficient to simply list open projects. -- Sean Silva