[Cosmo-dev] Scooby/Cosmo Merge approved.

[John Townsend]

On Aug 1, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Priscilla Chung wrote:

> I have a few logistical questions:
>
> 1. Name of the project?
>    + Outside of the branding project Pieter is driving, this is  
> just an internal project name we can refer to.
>    + There has been a suggestion of dropping the Scooby name and  
> just referring the project to be named Cosmo.
>

+1 on going with the name Cosmo for the entire project. We're going  
to rebrand in the future so I woudn't put much time into the name.

> 2. Mailing lists?
>    + There has been talk about merging the lists. We could  
> potentially place a tag in the subject line referring to [F] -  
> Front end and [B] - Back end/server side conversation.
>

The traffic on the list is light enough at this point that I think  
merging is a good idea. Coming up with a naming convention for the  
topic isn't a bad idea either.

> 3. IRC channels?
>    + Are we going to merge the IRC channels?
>

+1 to merge the IRC channels.

> 4. Wiki pages?
>    + Are we planning to merge all the information on the wiki  
> pages? Do we want to bother merging all the pages or the upcoming  
> release pages?
>    + There will probably be further discussion about where the  
> schedule, features list, road map, documentation and coding  
> standards etc. is found on the wiki.
>

I think we need to integrate these, just not sure how to approach it.  
This is a big task.

> 5. Merging the status meetings?
>    + Currently the meetings are back to back. Most people in the  
> Cosmo meeting are attending the Scooby meeting. Is there a need to  
> merge the meeting so everyone is attending and listening to both  
> sides of the product? Could we possibly make the meetings more  
> efficient?
>

I think the issue of status meetings should be revisited in general.  
The frequency of the meeting, the people involved, etc. should be  
considered. I would recommend that we move to a every other week  
meeting, leave it back to back and slightly change the focus. The  
first hour is the backend/infrastructure, the second hour is the Web  
App UI meeting (Web Calendar UI, Admin, Repository Browser)

> In moving forward with the merge, from a planning perspective, I  
> think we've made the conscious decision to delay the next release– 
> which is fine. I just want clarification on what other additional  
> work needs to be done besides the development of the merge.
>
> Have I missed any other outstanding issues?

6. Merging cosmo-demo and scooby-demo and also what about  
cosmo.osafoundation.org and scooby.osafoundation.org?

I vote for cosmo-demo.osafoundation.org and cosmo.osafoundation.org.

  Thanks for bringing these up.

> -Priscilla
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2006, at 3:35 PM, John Townsend wrote:
>>
>> With that said, I think we can consider the merger approved and we  
>> should move forward.