Help maintain Vundle

[gmarik]

UPDATE(2015-07-08): see #608

Previously #241 it was moved here because of number of unrelated posts which were derailing conversation. Please only posts that are related to the subject.

Here we go again:

Hi everyone!

If you have some time to spare cleaning up Issues and PRs let me know!

Current number of issues/PRs (24/85) is overwhelming and far beyond my OSS capacity.

Things that would be helpful:

• sorting out features/bugs
• responding to /closing/ dealing with user issues
• reproducing issues
• testing PRs

Some of you already doing that and I really appreciate it, but this time you'll become an official maintainer! )

You'll get commit rights if necessary.

Comment below if interested!

Thanks all!

PS: please share with anyone who'd be interested!

[marlun]

I would also like to help. Not sure what I'll be able to do yet but I'll try to take look at the issues and get involved in bringing them down.

I also made som modifications to the docs, not sure if it's something that you like @gmarik but I sent a pull-request.

[gmarik]

@marlun cool!
Thanks for volunteering!

[gmarik]

Some ideas:

• organize people into groups by OperatingSystem so we can have atleast 1person taking a look. Is there a way to group people and then mention a group? How about http://gitter.im
• or create test suite for each OS. Have no idea how to do it yet, but it's probably much better option…

[starcraftman]

Hi @marlun thanks for helping. If you need any issues closed/tagged ping me with an @.

@gmarik gitter seems interesting, though I find it a bit disconcerting they require full write access to my github profile. That seems like an oversight on GitHub's part. I am otherwise not aware of a way to group users on GitHub natively so they can be bulk notified.

An alternative is we could make an IRC channel on Freenode. Could double for dev chat and some difficult support/collabs with non-regular contributors. Still a reliable easy way to communicate, and has a web interface at: http://webchat.freenode.net for those not at a unix machine.

Edit: I have to admit gitter.im looks much better than IRC, also with GitHub integration. I think I'm willing to overlook my paranoia if you want to use this. Only advantage I see IRC having is not requiring github, people can just log onto a channel with no sign up and talk. I guess we'd use gitter just for internal chat.

[starcraftman]

@gmarik I forgot, GitHub does have organizations, don't know if that is what you are looking for. See https://github.com/blog/674-introducing-organizations

[marlun]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 06:48:02PM -0800, starcraftman wrote:

@gmarik I forgot, GitHub does have organizations, don't know if that is what you are looking for. See https://github.com/blog/674-introducing-organizations

An organizations seems a little bit excessive for a single vim plugin :)

[jalcine]

An organization would be a bit extreme 🐊 but I can understand why delegating control would be nifty. However, for the sake of keeping it a quasi-meritocracy of sorts, it may be required. It's not like @gmarik is always going to be by his laptop to give people access. That also doubles up on the frequency of said additions.

Side-note: I'm so 👍 for http://gitter.im. It rocks.

[Shougo]

or create test suite for each OS. Have no idea how to do it yet, but it's probably much better option…

I tested current Vundle test script. But it is too hard to execute in Windows environment.
It should be improved.

[starcraftman]

@marlun I guess. Just thinking out loud with keystrokes.

@jalcine @gmarik I just tried gitter.im, when I logged in and gave it access to my github all I see is my own repos listed. I see my fork of Vundle but not gmarik/Vundle. I believe @gmarik you must log in to the system first to actually create the rooms to your repos. To share th link go to top right gear icon and share the link for gmarik/Vundle with us. I tried just changing starcraftman for gmarik but got 404.

As a test, you guys can try to post on my forks gitter address. https://gitter.im/starcraftman/vundle

Edit: You should probably put the gitter.im link on the main page for convenience.

[jalcine]

Whomever has push access can create the link, I think.

[starcraftman]

@jalcine Sure I could, but the link doesn't work until gmarik logs into gitter and gives them authorization to use his github account. You can try it yourself by going to https://gitter.im/gmarik/vundle

[marlun]

Just curious, what does gitter.im improve compared to having the discussions in issues? In issues if someone wants you to take a look at a message they just @marlun you, will that work with gitter or will it become just another thing that you have to put time into keeping up with? I know I might sound a little negative but I'm onestly just curious if it will really help or if it's just the new cool? :)

[starcraftman]

@marlun Damn accidentally deleted my response.

Basically, it is like an IRC room attached to github repos. Over IRC it supports github markdown wiki syntax and @/# references. It also persists. I guess the only reason to use it is to avoid posting in issues all the time like this help thread (which we use as general discussion). In that sense, I don't see any major functional improvements to our flow. It is quite nifty though.