-----Original Message----- From: fedora-infrastructure-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-infrastructure-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anand Capur Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 20:53 To: fedora-infrastructure-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Fedora Magazine RFR Well I've had my own job to take care of but I've been keeping up with the list. I can't tell you how much of a pain it is to try to send a file update to a unit over a 2.4kbs satellite channel particularly when they can't stay at periscope depth for any period of time to download a 4mb file... Had to break it up into a lot of very small zip files. I do like the idea of a Fedora magazine but I'm afraid it could just fall into the multitude of ezines out there like some projects I've seen. It seems like the focus right now is on a dedicated infrastructure for a magazine that doesn't exist yet. I for one would worry less about that and more about the whole magazine issue itself. I don't think it's set in yet about how much work goes into producing a magazine. I think the more logical step would be to build a team and actually see if you can pull off producing a few issues and then break off to it's own website once it's established. I've seen more than a few ezine projects die after an issue or two and it seems like a huge waste in man-hours to set up everything before that. Start it off with FWN and then worry about the rest later. ------- Brandon Jasper, CTN2(SS) NSSC Bangor N621 Afloat LAN Admin. SIPRNET: brandon.jasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list Fedora-infrastructure-list@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Fedora-infrastructure-list@xxxxxxxxxx> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list I have already run a few local print newspapers, so I know the workload and how it all goes. An online magazine would be slightly easier because I don't need to worry about the printing deadlines. -------------- I don't see how the lack of a printing deadline would make any difference as there is still a posting deadline which all things considered is still a deadline to meet. It would stand to reason that not meeting the schedule people expect things to be published by would only serve to hurt the credibility of the publication. That aside I still retain the opinion that a few issues should be published before creating the administration overhead of setting up a server for it. It's like committing to sailing around the world before you make sure your ship can float on it's own. ------- Brandon Jasper, CTN2(SS) NSSC Bangor N621 Afloat Lan Admin. SIPRNET: brandon.jasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
