Today: Transition from maiing list to forum
Paul Wessel <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Sep 2014 08:54:37 -1000
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gis.gmt.user |
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--Apple-Mail=_A23BC21D-6133-45A5-87C2-E91CA95F6AD8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dear GMT user- This is the final announcement; I will modify gmt-help to not accept = postings later today: Dear GMT user- We presently have three avenues for you to interact with us and with = other GMT users: 1. The [email protected] (which you are subscribed to) has for = ~20 years been the only way to reach over a thousand subscribers with your GMT = questions. It has been used to explore GMT solutions to problems, request new features, = notify us of suspected bugs, inquire about data sets, and in general ask anything = related to GMT installation, use, scripting, tricks, etc., etc. Only subscribers to = gmt-help may post to the list. 2. The Issue tracker on gmt.soest.hawaii.edu. This system allows you to = post either a bug report or a feature request. It is the preferred way of doing = so as emails get lost but the tracker will keep track of the progress on a = specific issue. It makes it much more likely that the developers will address a problem = in a timely manner. An issue will remain open until a solution is found and = tested. Only those registered on the web site may post. 3. The user forum on gmt.soest.hawaii.edu. Like the gmt-help list, you = can post questions of all sorts. Again, only those registered on the site may = post. Since it is essential to us developers that all bug reports and feature = requests be submitted via the website tracking system (New Issue), and since you = must register to do so, we have decided to eventually shut down the mailing list and = direct all the traffic to the User Forum. The benefits are several: (1) Since you must = register to post a bug you can also post on the forum, so no need for two separate = accounts, (2) You can start a new thread or reply to an existing thread. Thus, you = have better control over what sort of notifications you wish to get from the site. = You can ask for daily digest, notification for every message (like you get from the = email list), or just the ones you posted or indicate you care about. (3) You have = access to all previous posts on any topic already organized for you (unlike a long = email trail with inbox-clogging attachments). The forum allows you to better = document your case. At the moment, some users post to the forum and some post to the = gmt-help list, which causes a split of our services into two incompatible branches that only = portions of the audience interact with. It makes our job of maintaining both of = these systems and responding to you very cumbersome. Change is hard for many, so we will continue to maintain the gmt-help = mailinglist until Sept 1, 2014. That gives users who have yet to register on our = web site at gmt.soest.hawaii.edu a few weeks to accomplish this 1-minute task. No = doubt some will be very upset and refuse to do so. However, those who feel it is = beneficial to be part of the GMT community will sign up or have already done so. As of = today, about 350 have registered on the site, and this is growing rapidly as = new users discover GMT. To register the first time, go to the GMT site and click on the Register = button in the top right corner. Fill out the form, leave the OpenID URL blank unless = you know what that is. Pick a somewhat unique Login, i.e., not just Bob, Joe if = you can help it. After you register and login to the site, take a minute to examine your = settings under the "My account" link near the top-right corner. In particular the = Email Notifications selections control when the system will email you about = new postings. You have to change this selection to receive mail for all events, = similar to what our mailing list currently do by default. We will continue to maintain the gmt-group mailing list (which has = always been a one-way street for us to send messages like the availability of a new release) = for a while longer. Sincerely, The GMT Team Mailing list for GMT discussions of all kinds. If you are not sure you have found a bug, discuss it here first. To formally report bugs or request features, please register and add New Issue on gmt.soest.hawaii.edu To unsubscribe, send the message "signoff gmt-help" to [email protected] Note: gmt-help will become obsolete on Sept 1, 2014 - please use forum on gmt.soest.hawaii.edu instead. --Apple-Mail=_A23BC21D-6133-45A5-87C2-E91CA95F6AD8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><div><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><font = face=3D"Courier" style=3D"font-size: inherit;">Dear GMT = user-</font><div><font face=3D"Courier" style=3D"font-size: = inherit;"><br></font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier" style=3D"font-size:= inherit;">This is the final announcement; I will modify gmt-help to not = accept postings later today:<br></font><div style=3D"font-family: Times; = font-size: inherit;"><font face=3D"Courier"><br></font><font = face=3D"Courier">Dear GMT user-<br></font><div><div><font = face=3D"Courier"><br>We presently have three avenues for you to interact = with us and with other GMT users:<br><br>1. The <a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&nb= sp;(which you are subscribed to) has for ~20 </font><span = style=3D"font-family: Courier;">years been</span></div><div><font = face=3D"Courier"> the only way to reach over a thousand = subscribers with your GMT </font><span style=3D"font-family: = Courier;">questions. </span><span style=3D"font-family: = Courier;">It has</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: = Courier;"> been used to explore GMT solutions to problems, = request new </span><span style=3D"font-family: Courier;">features, = notify us of</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: = Courier;"> suspected bugs, inquire about data sets, and in = general ask anything related to GMT</span></div><div><span = style=3D"font-family: Courier;"> = installation, </span><span style=3D"font-family: = Courier;">use, scripting, tricks, etc., etc. Only subscribers to = gmt-help may</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: = Courier;"> post to the list.</span></div><div><font = face=3D"Courier">2. The Issue tracker on <a = href=3D"http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/">gmt.soest.hawaii.edu</a>. = This system allows you to post either</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Courier"> a bug report or a feature request. = It is the preferred way of doing so as = emails</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier"> get = lost but the tracker will keep track of the progress on a specific = issue. It</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier"> = makes it much more likely that the developers will address a = problem in a timely</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier"> = manner. An issue will remain open until a solution is = found and tested. Only</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Courier"> those registered on the web site may = post.<br>3. The user forum on <a = href=3D"http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/">gmt.soest.hawaii.edu</a>. = Like the gmt-help list, you can post</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Courier"> questions of all sorts. Again, = only those registered on the site may post.<br><br>Since it is essential = to us developers that all bug reports and feature requests = be</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">submitted via = the website tracking system (New Issue), and since you must = register to</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">do so, we have = decided to eventually shut down the mailing list and direct all = the</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">traffic to the User Forum. = The benefits are several: (1) Since you must register = to</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">post a bug you can also post = on the forum, so no need for two separate accounts, = (2)</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">You can start a new thread = or reply to an existing thread. Thus, you have = better</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">control over what sort of = notifications you wish to get from the site. You can = ask</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">for daily digest, = notification for every message (like you get from the email = list),</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">or just the ones you = posted or indicate you care about. (3) You have access to = all</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">previous posts on any = topic already organized for you (unlike a long email = trail</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">with = inbox-clogging attachments). The forum allows you to better = document your case.<br><br>At the moment, some users post to the forum = and some post to the gmt-help list, which</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Courier">causes a split of our services into two = incompatible branches that only portions of</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Courier">the audience interact with. It makes our job of = maintaining both of these systems and</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Courier">responding to you very cumbersome.<br><br>Change is = hard for many, so we will continue to maintain the gmt-help = mailinglist</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">until Sept 1, 2014. = That gives users who have yet to register on our web site = at</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier"><a = href=3D"http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/">gmt.soest.hawaii.edu</a> a = few weeks to accomplish this 1-minute task. No doubt = some</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">will be very upset and = refuse to do so. However, those who feel it is beneficial = to</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">be part of the GMT community = will sign up or have already done so. As of = today,</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">about 350 have registered = on the site, and this is growing rapidly as new = users</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">discover GMT.<br><br>To = register the first time, go to the GMT site and click on the Register = button in the</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">top right corner. = Fill out the form, leave the OpenID URL blank unless you = know</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">what that is. Pick a = somewhat unique Login, i.e., not just Bob, Joe if you can help = it.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier"><br>After you register and = login to the site, take a minute to examine your = settings</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">under the "My account" = link near the top-right corner. In particular the = Email</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">Notifications selections = control when the system will email you about new = postings.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">You have to change = this selection to receive mail for all events, similar to = what</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">our mailing list currently = do by default.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier"><br>We will = continue to maintain the gmt-group mailing list (which has always been a = one-way</font></div><div><font face=3D"Courier">street </font><span = style=3D"font-family: Courier; font-size: inherit;">for us to send = messages like the availability of a new release) for a while = longer.</span></div><div><font face=3D"Courier"><br>Sincerely, The GMT = Team</font></div></div><div><font = face=3D"Courier"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div><br></body></htm= l>= Mailing list for GMT discussions of all kinds. If you are not sure you have found a bug, discuss it here first. To formally report bugs or request features, please register and add New Issue on gmt.soest.hawaii.edu To unsubscribe, send the message "signoff gmt-help" to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> Note: gmt-help will become obsolete on Sept 1, 2014 - please use forum on gmt.soest.hawaii.edu instead. --Apple-Mail=_A23BC21D-6133-45A5-87C2-E91CA95F6AD8--