Re: Is anyone there?

[Aaron Turner <aturner@linuxkb.org>]

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Micah K Yoder wrote:

> > Feel free to take a look and remind yourself.  Don't hesitate to ask Jason
> > via email or to try to schedule an IRC session for Q&A.  If you don't know
> > what you should be working on, let Jason or I know.  I'm sure we can find
> > something for you. :-)
> 
> I assume I'm re-writing the usertools stuff with the new object system
> in mind...  would like to see the examples....

If Jason had time to do an example of everything, he could write the pages
himself!  If you've learned to program in PHP, then you should be used to
programming with limited documentation and figuring things out on your
own.  If you get stuck with something specific, shoot an email off to the
list/Jason.
 
> Do we want it to work more or less like it has worked or is there
> anything about it you want to change?  This would be a good time to say
> something.

I don't rememeber much of the particulars of your pages, but I do remember
that I wish the layout/color scheme of the pages more matched the existing
drilldown/search pages.  Basically, when someone uses your pages (or
Daniel's, etc) the user shouldn't be aware that "it looks different" or
that it "has a different feel".  It all should be seamless to the
end-user.

> > So if there's anything at all I can do for you let me know.  I really
> > don't want want to start 2000 and not be live.
> 
> Definitely.  I'm well worked at my job right now, but with a bit of
> nudging I can still do this stuff...

How much is "a bit"? You work at an ISP right?  I know, if you don't start
working on the LinuxKB I'll start running DOS's it at all hours making
sure that you never get any sleep. :-)

> I *think* we have all we need, so Jan 1, 2000 is probably doable. 
> Perhaps a millennium "LKB Party" is in order... fire it up as the
> millenium turns...  but then there's the question of whose time zone... 
> and which year marks the REAL millennium... :-)

Well we can worry about that sort of thing when we are closer to going
live.  Though I have to say that I'd love to have a reason to have this
debate. :-)
 
> Too bad we can't have a "hothouse" like the XFree guys and KDE guys
> did.  Those things seem to really work well for getting things done
> quickly.  I suppose it's out of the question though.

We all can dream...  I'm on #seul A LOT though.  Jason is too.  Feel free
to drop on in and we can have an online coding party.  (Actually this is a
pretty good idea.)  Anyways, I'll be on #seul most of the day tomorrow and
should be on a bit on Sunday- at least until 4pm PST.  Not sure if/when on
Sat. as I'll be celebrating a few birthdays.

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