Re: [IBMiOSS] ibm_db and itoolkit for Python

We’ve really hijacked the original conversation - one of my pet peeves I must admit (and I started it), my apologies to John.

I believe this is a great discussion that we, as a community, need to have. I’m not sure this is the proper forum (as I understand there is little community representation currently on this list). I’m positive that I made a mistake in the ‘alternative thought injection’ into this thread.

One thing I believe is that Aaron’s list misses certain opportunities for synergy and that his characterizations are debatable. I know there are ways to bring in Google indexing into most any platform the community chooses to use and that it is possible for the modern OSS on IBM i community to adapt/evolve existing tooling to more effectively meet their needs without having to reinvent the wheel with new development. After all, the community I advocate consists primarily of business developers who are primarily interested in just getting on with delivering value to their employers.

Again, John I’m sorry for this interruption. I’ll not continue to interrupt this thread.

Cheers, *bg

On Jun 24, 2016, at 7:50 AM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I hadn't thought of Google indexing. That's a pretty big deal.

You do have a good point about the code markup, but large sections of code

can be posted somewhere like Gist and linked to when necessary.

Agreed on big code snippets being put into gist, but that would/should also
be done in the other mediums. The thing I like about these new tools is I
can do markdown all throughout my post to make it really digestible.

A tool that works mostly how I want is GitHub/Bitbucket issues: operates on
email, Google indexed because it's public, allows for markdown, tagging,
priority, editing, etc.

At the end of the day I believe we will end up with the following for
opensource collab:
- opensource@xxxxxxxxxxxx as the grand standard for collaboration
- stackoverflow.com for pointed questions that are IBM i specific
- gitter/slack/Ryver for chat
- GitHub/Bitbucket Issues for project specific collaboration
- LinkedIn for giving us appreciation for all the other communication
mechanisms :-)


At the end of the day the biggest thing for me is having all the mediums
efficiently aggregated. We're never going to find a tool that facilitates
even most of what we need.

That actually might be a good first open source project for this group,
build an aggregator dashboard, a little like how the Google Dashboard
worked before Google killed it (loved that for my home page). This
wouldn't be IBM i specific but something EVERY geek community needs.


Aaron Bartell
litmis.com - Services for open source on IBM i