Mailing-List: contact community-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm
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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 22:48:49 +0100
From: Erik Abele <erikabele@apache.org>
Organization: codefaktor // advanced web technologies
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Subject: Re: [proposal] creation of communitity.apache.org
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I'm also +1 on community.apache.org and the redirects, but I'm quite 
unsure if we really should place such preconditions on all the 
committers. We certainly have to establish some basic 'rules' or may be 
only strong suggestions as Andy stated. however, IMO the requirements 
should be preferably low.

cheers,
Erik

Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> Dear ASF citizens,
> 
> I would like to propose the creation of the 'community.apache.org' web 
> site.
> 
> Currently, some people have their apache homepage on 
> www.apache.org/~name and some on cvs.apache.org/~name and some don't 
> have it.
> 
> This creates fragmentation and confusion.
> 
> I would like to propose the creation of such a virtual host so that all 
> apache homepages will be hosted at
> 
>  http://community.apache.org/~name
> 
> and
> 
>  http://www.apache.org/~name
>  http://cvs.apache.org/~name
> 
> are automatically redirected there.
> 
>                                        - o -
> 
> These homepages should at least contain:
> 
>  1) short bio
>  2) picture (possibly funny)
>  3) sound file with the person pronouncing their name (so hopefully 
> people will stop mispronouncing names! like mine, for example!)
>  4) interests and projects currently worked on.
> 
> It doesn't matter how you come up with that page/pages as long as it's 
> reasonably valid HTML.
> 
> That page should be hosted on your "public_html" directory on your 
> cvs.apache.org account (all committers have one, unlike www.apache.org 
> where only a few do)
> 
>                                         - o -
> 
> Also, you might want to check out a little project about community 
> visualization using dynamic SVG I've been working on
> 
>  http://www.apache.org/~stefano/community/
> 
> note that you need a SVG-capable browser in order to view it in all its 
> splendor.
> 
> Please, read also the docs that explain what it is and why I wrote it 
> and what it the long-term goal.
> 
> Please place your vote.
> 
> Thank you.
>