[TriLUG] Advice on running an OSS project?

[Tanner Lovelace]

David R.Matusiak wrote:

> Hello TriLUGgers --
> 
> I would like to solicit your advice and comments about starting and 
> managing a small-scale OSS project.  The things that immediately spring 
> to mind include:
> 
[...]
> Sorry if this request seems rather nebulous and ignorant, but I was 
> hoping to get a thread going with some ideas about "What would be some 
> better ways to get off the ground" and "What nasty things you would 
> certainly want to avoid from the start."  Regardless, I value the 
> opinions of TriLUG members and think this could be a fun topic to 
> discuss fer a while.

Hi David,

TriLUG has actually talked about hosting local open source
projects some.  We have a machine in our rack right now that
is just waiting on a volunteer to step up and get GForge
(http://www.gforge.org/) working on it. O:-)  We've also
mentioned a CVS and/or possibly a Subversion server.  In
addition, we recently started hosting the mailing lists
for the Aurora Sparc Linux project.  So, basically, if you
decide to go through with your project and need a place
to host it, you might consider asking here. :-)

Cheers,
Tanner
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