Hi List, I could use some advice on keeping up with development, and where I should be spending my time. Just today, I followed at link from the front page to an issue that I had not seen before, and in the comments found out that Dries was interested in having my find_paths module modified and included into core. I would have been thrilled to do it, but unfortunately, the comment was from a month ago, and someone else has already stepped up and done most of the work. I keep up with the dev list, and planet drupal, a couple of groups over at g.d.o, my own projects issue queue, and email about the user group I run, and that pretty much consumes all of the time I have to stay up-to-date. And I still missed a key opportunity to contribute. Do folks have advice? Should I give up the dev list and focus on the issues queues (and which ones)? Should I stop reading Planet Drupal and spend an hour a day over at #drupal? Or should I just chill and assume that if someone wants my help they will contact me directly? thanks, -tao
Tao Starbow wrote:
issues queues (and which ones)? Should I stop reading Planet Drupal and spend an hour a day over at #drupal? Or should I just chill and assume that if someone wants my help they will contact me directly?
Certainly spending time in #drupal is a great way to get information (Sometimes too much of it) but it's not a way to get reliable actual information. I don't think yo should assume that someone will contact you directly. You never know if someone will even think to do that.
Quoting Earl Miles <merlin@logrus.com>:
Tao Starbow wrote:
issues queues (and which ones)? Should I stop reading Planet Drupal and spend an hour a day over at #drupal? Or should I just chill and assume that if someone wants my help they will contact me directly?
Certainly spending time in #drupal is a great way to get information (Sometimes too much of it) but it's not a way to get reliable actual information.
And not an option for many. IRC chatting is great for many but for the other many it isn't even an option. Unless the information presented in the chat is searchable and easily findable then it is lost on a smaller set of developers. Earnie
Tao, Bummer you missed that post. Every once in a while, I use the search on drupal.org and type the names of my contrib modules. This turns up some posts I otherwise would not see. Much more regularly I visit "my issues", "my projects" and "my recent posts". It a bit frustrating that I have to visit all three of these to catch relevant posts. I remember assuming long ago that "my recent posts" would include issues I've followed up, but it does not. -Dave On Monday 04 June 2007 11:09:32 am Tao Starbow wrote:
Hi List,
I could use some advice on keeping up with development, and where I should be spending my time. Just today, I followed at link from the front page to an issue that I had not seen before, and in the comments found out that Dries was interested in having my find_paths module modified and included into core. I would have been thrilled to do it, but unfortunately, the comment was from a month ago, and someone else has already stepped up and done most of the work.
Tao, I go to http://drupal.org/project/issues/subscribe-mail and subscribe to All issues for the Drupal project (and any other modules I'm interested in). Then I filter my mail to a folder in Thunderbird. I'm sure there is a better way with RSS, but I like this...except for having 10,000+ emails in my Drupal folder. Then, I just peruse any issue emails to see what's going on. It's a great way to stay up to date with development. You can always subscribe to just My issues to see any issues you've commented on. -Rob Tao Starbow wrote:
Hi List,
I could use some advice on keeping up with development, and where I should be spending my time. Just today, I followed at link from the front page to an issue that I had not seen before, and in the comments found out that Dries was interested in having my find_paths module modified and included into core. I would have been thrilled to do it, but unfortunately, the comment was from a month ago, and someone else has already stepped up and done most of the work.
I keep up with the dev list, and planet drupal, a couple of groups over at g.d.o, my own projects issue queue, and email about the user group I run, and that pretty much consumes all of the time I have to stay up-to-date. And I still missed a key opportunity to contribute. Do folks have advice? Should I give up the dev list and focus on the issues queues (and which ones)? Should I stop reading Planet Drupal and spend an hour a day over at #drupal? Or should I just chill and assume that if someone wants my help they will contact me directly?
thanks, -tao
I do the same. The issue queue mail gets anywhere from 70-150 messages on a typical day for me. I just have it sort by name, then skim through and read anything that catches my interest. When it gets over 2000 messages, I'll delete anything older than a week. Also, if I open a new tab in firefox and type "d" in the location bar, its first suggestion is "drupal.org/project/issues/user". (I'm not an addict, no, of course not...) --Larry Garfield On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:49:49 -1000, Rob Barreca <rob@electronicinsight.com> wrote:
Tao,
I go to http://drupal.org/project/issues/subscribe-mail and subscribe to All issues for the Drupal project (and any other modules I'm interested in). Then I filter my mail to a folder in Thunderbird. I'm sure there is a better way with RSS, but I like this...except for having 10,000+ emails in my Drupal folder.
Then, I just peruse any issue emails to see what's going on. It's a great way to stay up to date with development. You can always subscribe to just My issues to see any issues you've commented on.
-Rob
Tao Starbow wrote:
Hi List,
I could use some advice on keeping up with development, and where I should be spending my time. Just today, I followed at link from the front page to an issue that I had not seen before, and in the comments found out that Dries was interested in having my find_paths module modified and included into core. I would have been thrilled to do it, but unfortunately, the comment was from a month ago, and someone else has already stepped up and done most of the work.
I keep up with the dev list, and planet drupal, a couple of groups over at g.d.o, my own projects issue queue, and email about the user group I run, and that pretty much consumes all of the time I have to stay up-to-date. And I still missed a key opportunity to contribute. Do folks have advice? Should I give up the dev list and focus on the issues queues (and which ones)? Should I stop reading Planet Drupal and spend an hour a day over at #drupal? Or should I just chill and assume that if someone wants my help they will contact me directly?
thanks, -tao
Tao There is a very nifty device that I use that beams the bits right into my brain, using a simple spinal tap. You just enter this URL into it, and issues will appear on a virtual HUD. http://drupal.org/project/issues/rss?projects=3060 -- 2bits.com http://2bits.com Drupal development, customization and consulting.
I've recently been trying to get my mind around the same thing. What about using yahoo pipes? Create a pipe at pipes.yahoo.com for all the things you are looking for and subscribe to the feed. On Jun 4, 2007, at 7:12 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
Tao
There is a very nifty device that I use that beams the bits right into my brain, using a simple spinal tap.
You just enter this URL into it, and issues will appear on a virtual HUD.
http://drupal.org/project/issues/rss?projects=3060 -- 2bits.com http://2bits.com Drupal development, customization and consulting.
Well, I have done this before: http://drupal.hu/english/node/11 In practice, the problem with this approach is that you only get a few of the latest issues (in my case commits), so you need to pipe more pages of the drupal.org RSS output into your Yahoo Pipes (we have a pager on RSS feed, yes :), unless you check the output too often. My pipe does merge the first two pages of commits, as that seemed to be enough to track translation file commits, given the speed of commits, if we check the output quarter an hour (http://drupal.hu/aggregator/sources/2). That still left me feel hammering drupal.org, so I am not sure it is good advice to develop custom pipes with this concept. It kinda works for us, until my SoC project will allow tracking of translations natively on drupal.org ;) Gabor Matthew Farina wrote:
I've recently been trying to get my mind around the same thing. What about using yahoo pipes? Create a pipe at pipes.yahoo.com for all the things you are looking for and subscribe to the feed.
On Jun 4, 2007, at 7:12 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
Tao
There is a very nifty device that I use that beams the bits right into my brain, using a simple spinal tap.
You just enter this URL into it, and issues will appear on a virtual HUD.
http://drupal.org/project/issues/rss?projects=3060 -- 2bits.com <http://2bits.com> http://2bits.com Drupal development, customization and consulting.
Quoting Matthew Farina <matt@mattfarina.com>:
I've recently been trying to get my mind around the same thing. What about using yahoo pipes? Create a pipe at pipes.yahoo.com for all the things you are looking for and subscribe to the feed.
I've been watching with http://www.r-mail.org/ and it seems to work well. Earnie
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