[OSM-talk] Mailing Lists for MOM development

[elvin ibbotson]

On 20 Aug 2008, at 11:43, Tim Waters (chippy) wrote:

> Correct me if I'm wrong, but MOM development is closed, right? It's  
> not FOSS?
>
> So why is there a requirement for "a new OSM mailing list for mom"
> development, when the OSM community cannot develop it?  Perhaps this
> email subject is misleading me.
>
> If its *not* for development, is it for the developers to get and
> respond to feature suggestions? Perhaps you could think about using
> forums (a thread in the OSM forums could work) or email newsletter to
> communicate with your users.

Mom is now on release, but is still being developed too. The first  
release version, at the beginning of May, was v.1.2.3 and I released  
v.1.2.5 earlier this month. I'm not completely up to speed with all  
the obscure acronyms so mom may or may not be FOSS depending on what  
it means ;-)

Many mom users are keen to have a place where they can discuss the  
application and I want to be able to announce changes, sound out  
ideas and get feedback. Google or Yahoo mailing lists were suggested  
as was a new OSM mailing list devoted to mom. For now, though, I have  
simply done a bit of housekeeping on what had become a messy wiki  
page and created new pages specifically for suggestions, issues  
affecting particular phones and bugs and other problems where users  
are invited to join in.

elvin ibbotson
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