First of all I would like to thank everyone that participated in the developer's conference, especially Gordon, Charlie and Shad. It was a lot of work and preparation but was well worth every minute it took to put it together.
I again would like thank those that contributed to the conference.
The outcome of this conference will benefit everyone involved in SME.
The biggest thing learned by me was how different people are in person as compared to their on-line presence. Gordon, Charlie and Shad are not as they appear, they are very dedicated professionals with one thing in mind...Making SME the best as it can be! Their collaborative efforts have produced the best Linux based server distribution available and their continued efforts will keep it the best.
Another thing I learned is how difficult it is to integrate something into the base. We spent several hours examining the code of smeserver-ddclient and barely scratched the surface. There is so much to consider when trying to integrate something into the base and we took another couple of hours going over smeserver-userpanel just to discover that we found many obstacles and we never even touched the code, as a matter of fact we never even got a chance to look at the code at all.
There are so many things that need to be done with SME however Gordon, Charlie and Shad can't do it on their own. There is just more work than the 3 of them can handle. I help where I can and so do several others but there are far more folks taking from this project than giving and this project needs far more help.
This project needs:
1-More users scanning the forums directing potential bugs to the bug tracker.
2-More users in the bug tracker helping with bug triage.
These 2 simple items would do more to help this project than anything else.
There is one more thing the developers need. They need more folks capable of writing code to help with bugs and future projects. This can be a learning process for some but it is well worth the time to learn.
When I posted my first bug 2 years ago, I knew absolutely nothing about coding. I have learned a lot and the 3 developer have been very patient with me. They are willing to help you learn as long as you are willing to learn. I learned enough over the last 2 years to be able to benefit from the conference on a personal level.
If anyone is interested in helping please contact me personally at paul_at_smeserver_dot_us.
Any chance that there may be some audio/video available at some point?
I have about 16 hours (times 2 sources = 32 total hours) of video to go over. I don't know what will be useful but I plan on making anything that is useful available. I also plan on transposing anything useful in writing. Please be patient as I do have a business to run and can really only work on this on my spare time.
P.S. I just realized this thread is locked. I don’t know how it got that way but it is now unlocked.