Re: Who's *still* or *not* using Debian?
For some time I've been thinking it would be cool to set up a server
running BuddyPress (http://buddypress.org). It could have a Debian theme
and Debian developers and users could create profiles, be friends and do
all that sort of nonsense. Would that be a good way to handle this flow
of "users"? I would volunteer to put some time into that.
On 09/14/2011 09:21 PM, David Prévot wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The users part of the website [0] gathers lots of contacts, for a long
> time, and as far as I know, we don't have (yet) a protocol to handle
> those entries in the long term. I thus propose to contact persons who
> initially proposed a description of their company, organization, school,
> university, etc. to update the said description, in order to keep it up
> to date, or eventually removed it if not accurate anymore.
>
> 0 : http://www.debian.org/users/
>
> Maybe some of you, e.g. handling data in the vendors, pre-installed,
> consultants, etc. part of the website, may have some advice or tip to
> handle such pings. Here is a proposed workflow I can think of, do not
> hesitate to comment it, or the proposed text at the end of this message.
>
> ASCII Grafcet-like scheme, hoping it will be understandable&
>
> +---+
> | 0 |
> +-+-+
> |
> +-- Page not updated since N years
> |
> +<----------<-------------<--------------<---------+
> | |
> +-+-+ +-------------------+ ^
> | 1 +--+ Send initial mail | |
> +-+-+ +-------------------+ |
> | |
> +-----------------+--------------------------------+ |
> | | | ^
> +-- Answer +-- No answer within two weeks +-- Bouncing |
> | | | e-mail |
> | +-+-+ +------------------+ | |
> | | 2 +--+ Send second mail | | |
> | +-+-+ +------------------+ | |
> | | | ^
> | +--------+----------+ | |
> | | | No answer | |
> | +-- Answer +-- within two weeks | |
> | | | | |
> +--+-----+ +------+--------------+ |
> | | ^
> +-+-+ +-------------------+ +-+-+ +----------------------+ |
> | 3 +--+ Update text | | 4 +--+ Search other contact | |
> +-+-+ | (or delete entry) | +-+-+ +----------------------+ |
> +-------------------+ | |
> | |
> +--------------------------------+------+ ^
> | | |
> +-- No existing contact found +-- New e-mail addresses |
> | | |
> +-+-+ +--------------+ +-------->-------->-------+
> | 5 +--+ Delete entry |
> +---+ +--------------+
>
>
> With this scheme, one can have from a quite short process (eg. 1,3 or
> 1,4,5) to pretty long one (eg. 1,2,4,1,2,4,5 is eight weeks long).
>
> I guess the minimum number of years (N) could be two once the process is
> in place and working, but let's already begin with N=6, and handle those
> oldest descriptions.
>
> The mails could be sent to the contact and webmaster@d.o, the reply-to
> set to the sender and webmaster@d.o, and mail informations (date and
> message-id) added to the related page at the end of the process (or in
> the commit message, if the page is deleted). If you can think of any
> tool that could help tracking this process, your ideas are welcome.
>
> If some of you are willing to join the fun, your hands are welcome too.
>
> Proposed mail draft for the initial ping:
>
> -----------------------------%<------------------------------
>
> Subject: Are you still using Debian?
>
> Hi [Name, if known],
>
> Some time ago, you provided a description [1] of how your organization
> uses Debian.
>
> 1: [Link to the page and a copy of the current description]
>
> If you are still using Debian, you may wish to update this data, with a
> paragraph or two describing how your organization uses Debian. Try to
> include details such as the number of workstations/servers, the software
> they run, and why you chose Debian over the competition.
>
> [One of the two following, depending if there is a link or not]
> ----------------
> Is the home page link [2] still correct?
>
> 2: [Home page link]
> ----------------
> You may also wish to provide an home page link if you have one.
> ----------------
>
> Thanks in advance for you answer.
>
> Regards,
>
> [The sender], for the Debian website
>
> ----------------------------->%------------------------------
>
> Regards
>
> David
>
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