Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!altnet!edc
From: edc@ALTOS.COM (Eric Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Allow me to introduce myself...
Keywords: Elm Coordinator
Message-ID: <509@altnet.ALTOS.COM>
Date: 24 Jun 88 15:37:06 GMT
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA.
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Well, hello there fellow Elmers! It looks like I've been given the somewhat
dubious honor of picking up the pieces of the Elm project after Dave's 
untimely departure. :-) 

I've babbled on in plenty of previous postings about how I think things should
be run, and what should be done, and mindless dribble like that. So I'll spare
you all a repeat. I do want to quickly outline my game plan to get a reasonably
stable version of 2.0 posted to comp.sources.unix as soon as possible.

1) I'll be contacting each of the testers within the next week.           

2) I'm already starting the somewhat laborious task of putting Elm 2.0 under
   RCS control. The 2.0 gamma sources will be checked in exactly as they leaked
   out of HP. This will be designated as 2.0.0. I'll immediately start cleaning
   up some portability issues and check these in as 2.0.1. I know the extra
   branch is a pain, but I don't see any reasonable way of controlling a 
   distributed project as large as Elm without it. 

3) I am immediately collecting bug reports (and hopefully some fixes) and wish
   lists. I'd like to clean up bugs over the next 2 - 3 weeks and then get an
   official 2.0 out. The wish list items are going to have to wait for the 
   next release. I think it's important to get a clean 2.0 out ASAP.

4) As soon as the 2.0 release is out, let's start talking about what should
   comprise a 2.1 release. This basically means that I don't want to do
   anything to 2.0 except clean it up and get it out.

5) I will set up an anonymous uucp for the developers and testers next week. I
   reccommend that the "D&T" group pick up a copy of the RCS'd sources as a
   common starting ground. I'll mail the connectivity info to you folks as   
   soon as it's up.

In the mean time, while I get organized at this end, let's start throwing bugs
and ideas out. This group has been getting sort of quiet as of late. It's time
to liven things up.

First idea to start the flames:

What does everybody think of posting the generic 2.0 gamma sources to this
news group? (flame me, please!!!) They're certainly not clean enough to go
to comp.sources.unix yet. Rich would laugh me off the net if I even tried, but
that way we can at least get a psudo-official, semi-controlled version of 2.0
out. Is this a terrible idea or does it have some merits?

Last but not least, please feel free to call me or email me. I can usually be
reached by phone at (408)433-3614.