On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 19:56, Shannon --jj Behrens wrote: > --- Tyler Larson <fedora-config@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Which brings me to my next question: once you create a new project, > > how > > do you set it all up officially? You know, project spec, CVS > > repository, > > project maintainer, etc? Brent, this seems like something you could > > help > > us with. > > Sourceforge is always available. > > > I'd be willing to work as a maintainer if no one else wants the job. > > I > > have a pretty extensive understanding of networks, protocols, and > > iptables, so this project is right up my alley. But like a number of > > us > > here, this is my first time ever using python, gtk, et al., and I've > > never created RPM before or any of that jazz. > > I'm very familiar with Python and somewhat proficient with GTK, RPM, > and firewalls. I can't promise too much, but especially during the > next month, I can probably be of some assistance. I can be especially > helpful if you give me clear requirements: I don't want to lead the > project, but I wouldn't mind using my PyGTK framework to churn out some > nice code. > > Just to reiterate, we're building a simple firewall tool for personal > use. We're not trying to reinvent Firewall Builder, or anything else, > eh? What's wrong with the "Security Level" configuration utility? I think people are saying that a more fully featured firewall tool than system-config-securitylevel would be useful. I'd still like to see some more discussion about creating our own tool versus adopting something like firestarter. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of time myself to work on such a tool. I can try to provide some guidance here and there though. Cheers, Brent > > > Finally, I was wondering how we're supposed to handle communication > > relating to specific projects that we're working on. Should the bulk > > of > > the communication be routed through the mailing list, or is the list > > just for communication about configuration tools in general? Do we > > set > > up little project-specific mailing lists, or how does this all work? > > Again, I think the mailing lists that come with a Sourceforge account > could be used. I'm guessing that this list is for talk about the > "Fedora" part, whereas a Sourceforge list would be more for the > "application domain" part. > > Have fun, > -jj > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > Fedora-config-list mailing list > Fedora-config-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-config-list