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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Seb – this sounds like an excellent idea.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For us ‘old hats’ on the mailing list, we should try and do things in the right places.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Does this look like a sensible segregation:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Code bugs/software solutions: GitHub<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Discussion about developments/features/future dev: Forum<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>General help / getting started / everything else : mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> - I know some things will fall between two or more of these – but in general the mailing list would be the first point of call for people new to EPrints?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sebastien Francois<br><b>Sent:</b> 13 November 2013 15:45<br><b>To:</b> eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk<br><b>Subject:</b> [EP-tech] Announcement: EPrints Forums<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ladies and gentlemen,<br><br>I would like to announce you ... the EPrints Forums (for developers)!<br><br>The EP-Tech mailing-list is a good place to seek for help to install/configure the problem and even to report bugs. But it is not an appropriate tool to have in-depth conversations about, for instance, new features for the software. So I have decided to set-up a forum where people can ask questions, bring ideas or make announcements (you will see there are different post categories).<br><br>Important note: the forum DOES NOT replace the EP-Tech mailing-list. This is a complimentary tool. <br><br><br><b>What is it for?</b><br><br>To discuss new features/ideas/directions for EPrints. The forum aims to discuss ideas around the development of the software only at this stage.<br><br>** To discuss installation/configuration problems, please keep on using the mailing-list **<br><br><br><b>How can I use it?</b><br><br>The forum is open to everybody - you don't need to sign up to post but I highly encourage to -at least- sign in with your Google/Facebook/Yahoo account to keep a trace of who's starting a conversation.<br><br>You may also vote on posts - a useful way to view popular issues/features.<br><br><br><b>Where is it?</b><br><br><a href="http://forum.eprints.org/">http://forum.eprints.org/</a> will redirect you to the forum.<br><br><br><b>What happens next?</b><br><br>I will be setting-up some extra forums in the near future to allow more narrowed-down topics (e.g. a divide between short-term and long-term features).<br><br>I am also in the process of setting up some extra resources for developers:<br><br>- a centralised web-site to easily find information about the API, HowTo's, etc.<br>- a few pages describing the current road-maps for the short-term release (3.3.13) and the long-term release (4)<br><br>I hope this forum to complement these activities especially the election of new features for the upcoming releases.<br><br><br><b>Moderation</b><br><br>I'm currently the only moderator. Abusive/spam/dodgy posts will be deleted without warning.<br><br><br>I hope you will find this useful and don't be shy to bring your ideas forward :-)<br><br>Enjoy,<br>Seb.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>