How did you manage that?James C wrote: It's not completely dead, I just posted on there.....
I was a member but once Raffi closed it down, we were all locked out.
Looks like only you and aarf are active there.
Hi Pete.Pete wrote:@musher0
An idea.....
The alternative Puppy forum (puppylinux.info) looks very inactive to me.
One can't log on or even sign up.
The only active member is aarf which somehow managed to not get deleted when raffi closed it down many years ago.
Why not contact raffi and ask him if he wants to sell it to you?
It's already setup so much of the initial work is done, plus you could then run it as you see fit.
His email is listed on the sign up page.
Give it a try, what have you got to lose?
Worse case he says no or wants too high a price.
Actually I had to "recover" my password, took a couple of hours but no problem since. Received a new password in an email and no problems since.Pete wrote:How did you manage that?James C wrote: It's not completely dead, I just posted on there.....
I was a member but once Raffi closed it down, we were all locked out.
Looks like only you and aarf are active there.
Haven't visited there in a while but I do remember some members being banned.....Pete wrote:@musher0
PM sent.
If he does not want to sell it, perhaps he could make you a mod as I don't think
he has the time or patience to run it.
@James C
From what I heard, there was an almighty fight on there between several members and he decided to call it quits.
Could be wrong though.
Is there a forum or forum structure that offers that already?The Puppy Test Bench Forum (title of the would-be forum)
-- You do the initial draft of your project solo, on your own computer.
-- When +/- half ready, you bring your project on the forum.
---- What do you need at this point? Why are you bringing your project to your peers?
For:
-------- Testing?
-------- Infos about an issue or a bug?
-------- One or more collaborators?
-------- Ideas for further development?
-------- A production timeline or calendar?
-------- Support files?
-------- Similar examples? (Has this been done before and how?)
-------- Other: _____________ (please state)
(There could be an acceptance procedure if needed. Two peers perhaps;
maximum 3. Two to avoid favoritism; over 3 would take too long, IMO.)
(The above items could be in a public sidebar or index card of sorts.)
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Example Index Card for the project (completely fictitious!):
Project: Border_Collie_Pup --- Author: Jan Roundup
Mission Statement : This Pup will help shepherds in New
Zealand and elsewhere to train their border collies by offering
appropriate databases and docs.
Status of the project: Half cooked. At this point,
I have a basic DPup-6.7 plus a couple of specialized
databases about sheperding and dog training.
Nature of help needed: (one or more items of the above list)
1) Has something similar been done before?
----- What needs to be reviewed to make the "Border_Collie_Pup" current?
----- Do we need to integrate some of what exists?
2) Program X has missing libs that I can't seem to find.
3) Testing, from alpha version all the way to publication. (TIA)
Who's with me on this one? (names of co-operators go here)
Alfred,
Rachel,
Tom and
myself
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