Forming a "Maps Team"

LaFayette

@ubernaut do you have an account on github, if so, what is your login name?

@RogerCooper , same, is your github account name also RogerCooper?

@ff03k64 you are already added, IIRC your github account name is Charlie. Please let me know if otherwise.

RogerCooper

@LaFayette Yes my github account is RogerCooper as well.

ubernaut

@LaFayette mine is 'doctored'

ff03k64

I made a project on the TripleA-maps github homepage (is that the right name for it). I figure that might be easier to keep track of PRs and issues if we can use it correctly (i am sure i haven't gotten it to it's full potential).
At the very least, if we make a PR or issue, it can be put in that project. And then maybe taken out of the main TripleA-game issues page?

LaFayette

Map-admin team invites sent to @RogerCooper and @ubernaut . That provides write access to the map repositories.

@ff03k64 , could you provide a link to that project?

PRs are going to have to live in the same repository as the map that is being updated, there is no way around that. Though, having such a project for a single queue of all issues across maps, and dedicated to just map issues I think will be helpful. I also think it will be helpful to keep that out of the triplea-game issues queue which is very noisy with all sorts of game crashes and other topics.

Whether to use forums or an issue queue for task tracking, I certainly think we should use an issue queue for it. It allows us to (self) assign issues to those actively working on them and close the items that have been completed. Thus if we can keep the queue empty, we'll know we are on top of everything.

For intra-team communication, we can again use an issue queue for that as well or forums. This will be items like:

requests to join the team
questions on SOP, how to fix things, how to be a map-admin
questions on how to solve items, whether an item is a problem, etc..

I don't have a strong opinion on whether communication should live in forum or also in an issue queue, there are pros and cons to both. One is useful to consolidate more activity to one place, while forums has a broader audience and forum is exactly meant for discussion threads.

My emphasis initially will be on how we get the team set up, define our operating procedures, how we operate as a team. The goal will be to establish a framework for how the team will operate, and then under that (evolving) framework we'll be able to make good progress to fix and improve maps.

ubernaut

@LaFayette hey i just got two emails stating that I'm subscribed to over 130 maps and that I will be notified of each of their updates. it seems the only way to turn those notifications off is either individually or by removing myself from the project i definitely don't want 130 subscriptions.

ff03k64

@LaFayette I can give a link when i am back on pc, but if you are at the triplea-maps page, it is there. It has 2 maps that i couldn't put issues in. I also got most of the issues and PRs from all the maps in it in some way.

If i understand it right, i think i have it setup so that new issues and PRs will show up in it. Not 100%sure though.

ff03k64

@ubernaut I didn't get that. Was i already in it? If so, i don't think i have gotten very many emails for them.

LaFayette

It sounds like a lot, but the activity is relatively low across all of those repositories. Across all of December, I received only 7 emails from them all.

ubernaut

@LaFayette ok thnaks i guess i'll see what happens

djabwana

@LaFayette I don't have a ton of time but am happy to help with these efforts!

LaFayette

Please DM if you're willing to lead the maps team, I think we need to have a point person to make sure we make some forward progress. I haven't been able to put as much effort towards this as I would have liked.

LaFayette

I created a forums category for the 'map admin' team

We have some first tasks up!