Contrary to its title, this thread tells quite little about changes in development system. Main accent is on forum management.
Development is just removed from the eyesight of users community.
brokenman wrote:We would like to hand the forum over to the community so devs can focus more on fixing bugs and maintenance/development.
Really wise decision there. After elimination of all bugs and reaching stability Porteus gonna shine like a waxed floors.
I offer you some more ideas on development strategy.
The best motivation for progress is competition. Porteus needs some another live distro to be compared with.
If that was, for example, Puppy with its doggie logo, then Porteus would have to be a cat.
Dogs can't climb trees. Cats can climb trees. Do something opponent can't and you're in profit.
What naming system Porteus uses now? Version number? "See the numbers, taste the violence?" How about giving lively name to live distro?
So you could name next release of Porteus "Muscular Cat"!
I already imagine this cat working in gym accompanied by "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic. If someone doesn't know this tune, take a look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EcjWd-O4jI
But I'm sure most of you do.
No, wait. While pronouncing "Muscular Cat" one would break tongue. It's better to use some rhythmically sounding analog.
Since Ubuntu is bigger distro, Porteus could borrow some experience. What do we have there?
Ubuntu Development Code Names
A "Funky Fairy" naming system.
Oh, I know! Cat is a puss, right? "Pumped Pussy" sounds good and, besides, starts from the same letter as Porteus.
Maybe Ubuntu can share some other useful stuff. Like periods of new releases for example.
On the same Ubuntu page I see following conversation:
lifeless: how long before we make a first release?
sabdfl: it would need to be punchy. six months max.
lifeless: six months! thats not a lot of time for polish.
Is six months a big period for Porteus? We need to ask some polish. Emmanuel Olisadebe is polish, but I don't know about his current whereabouts. Any other polish on this forum?
With new naming system done, you may want to decide on new appealing look for boot screen or for wallpaper, which will make new users want to stick with Porteus for longer time.
It would be better if pictures closely resembled current Porteus logo. Unfortunatelly, I myself must switch to other tasks right now, but there is community! I'd be grateful if you guys went to your favorite images search engine (google, bing, duckduckgo - whatever) and looked for some "pumped pussy" pictures.
Anybody can help. Even those who are taught by Slackware. Like when you are taught by shovel on how to dig Suez Canal. Nah, just kidding, you either learn it yourself or no tool will ever teach you how to use it. But, nevertheless, it's just a matter of learning kurwa.
Conclusion: with brazilian waxing and this naming strategy Porteus can go places!