Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote: > > I certainly agree some consolidation could be a good thing. What I am > wondering about though, is the possibility of truly using the > linuxaudio.org <http://linuxaudio.org> as a portal. In order to do > this I think several things would be needed from my standpoint.... > > See http://portal.linuxaudio.org <http://portal.linuxaudio.org/> > > > 1. A centralized basic information about all applications (wiki > already in existance, good start) > > http://apps.linuxaudio.org <http://apps.linuxaudio.org/> has all apps > that have been a part of Dave’s website. They can be also sorted > according to jack/ladspa/whatever support and entries are open to > community contributions. There were a number of people here very vocal > how they would not contribute to a wiki that was password protected. > Well, it hasn been open access since its introduction little over a > year ago, yet we had little or no contributions since. It would be > nice if we would be as determined about our contributions as we are > about our preferences, no? > > 2. A centralized repository of general linux audio information(ie What > is realtime, why/when should you use it, FAQs etc.) > > http://lowlatency.linuxaudio.org/ (yes, it could be much better, > volunteers are always welcome) > > > 3. A centralized place to go for announcements from all projects at > once... > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org <http://lists.linuxaudio.org/> > > we are hoping to also implement forum.linuxaudio.org > Ah that's new for me! I posted some questions and suggestions on the list, but didn't receive much reaction... Maybe it is possible to change www.linuxmusicians.com to forum.linuxaudio.org... Then you have already members and a moderator ;) And you don't have two such forums... But this is something you should discuss with 'nathan' the forum boss.... I'm just a 'user' .... Dirk > > - This would likely entail using a RSS feeds for all members of the > linuxaudio consortium, and subscribing to those feeds to be displayed > on the news page. I am sure there is a better way, but this is what > sticks out to me at the moment, filtering of the announcements might > be necessary. I suppose another option would be to utilize the > linux-audio-announce mailing list instead so as to have a natural > filter preventing things like general informational posts. > > Linuxaudio.org main page has RSS feeds. > > > 4. I am not against a centralized forum either, however I think app > specific forums and websites are still a good thing, which leads to > the next point couple of points... > 5. Tight integration between all of the above. On the wiki we have > links to the forums for those peices of software, or from the FAQ/Info > sections links to the forums, or from the Forums to the wikis, with > the news announcements a link to the wiki for the software the > announcement is about, etc. > > This is in progress but again, most of the work you’ve seen so far has > been the fruit of maybe half-dozen people including myself. > > > 6. A single login for linuxaudio... And I don't just mean > linuxaudio.org <http://linuxaudio.org>, but all member projects if > possible. This is the one most difficult to implement, and probably > most contreversial, but would allay some of the problems that Dave and > others have, which is having to sign up for hundreds of forums with > logins to remember etc. Having one place to go for that would be > great. This could tie into the centralized forums, by having direct > links to each of the projects individual forums, if applicable, and > auto-login. OpenID is making good strides in this area, but as I > mentioned I do expect this to be the most contreversial of my > suggestions I suppose, along with still being the most difficult to > implement. > > See above. Some users complain about having to log in so we left it > open for the sake of greatest possible target audience. > > Best wishes, > > ico > > > But the goal with these would be to provide a single portal, from > which you can get all levels of help by utilizing all the availiable > resources out there. > > Seablade > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
