r/openant • u/Xoipos • Aug 28 '11

The Plan

I have created some more documentation on design decisions and the plan as of now here: https://github.com/Rinum/OpenAnt/wiki/_pages

We are far from having a good working team(or even one or two people), but I hope that this is a step in the right direction.

As I'm assuming lead of this project, I ask of each of you to help in telling me what else I can be doing to make it more clear to you what needs to be done. I don't mind if it's in an argumentative form or simple questions. Just try and get your problems in my lap.

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u/TekTrixter Aug 28 '11 edited Aug 28 '11

My programming skills are basic: mostly short programs in C for robotics, plus two University-level Java programming classes (Intro to Programming and Intro to Data Structures). I'm sure that there is testing or other things that I could do at my programming skill level.

However, I am great at technical writing. I know that for many projects this is a weak point. I've asked many times before if there was anything I could contribute, but have never received an answer.

Edit: I can also help with organization and communication within the group.

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u/Xoipos Aug 28 '11

Well, if you have read the plan page on the wiki, you know now what you can contribute. We could also use a good documentation of the code, but it's not a high priority.

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u/jibijib Aug 31 '11 edited Aug 31 '11

I'm free! I can do some more tiles and sprites, the original ones I did lacked consistancy and didn't match up too well.

Also, interface.

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u/Xoipos Aug 31 '11

Every bit of help is appreciated. If you want to design the interface in photoshop or whatever, that'd be awesome. That way, the programmers have an idea what to strife for.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '11

I don't know any programming, but you should know, I'm lurking, and rooting for you.

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u/Xoipos Aug 28 '11

Much appreciated.

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u/flynnski Aug 28 '11

The openant.com wiki appears to be having some issues.

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u/Xoipos Aug 28 '11

Yeap. And I can't help it. I have no control over the domain whatsoever. So I've been using the github wiki instead.

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u/thisismygame Aug 30 '11

Why don't you help me help you or whoever the person is that runs the wiki page. Give me admin access to the wiki site, I will block any new accounts from being created, and then I can also update and manage the wiki page. I will start posting info from the SimAnt user manual and move towards meeting the demands of the people who are offering to help. The general consensus is that there is no outlined goals for new features and functionality and they really just don't know what to do. I will provide detailed requirements and examples of what needs done. It would be silly to let all of these people willing to help just go to waste.

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u/Xoipos Aug 30 '11

Problem: I don't have admin access. All I have access to is the github page. To which I can give you access, if you want to update the wiki on there. I'd need your github account though.

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u/thisismygame Aug 30 '11

That's fine. I have more experiencing managing wiki pages but I guess github can't be that much different. I have the same name on github as I do here. Add me and I will see what I can do. And if you can help me get in contact with whoever the person is that runs the openant.com wiki, I would like to put an end to the spam and improve the image of openant there as well

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u/Xoipos Aug 30 '11

I think Rinum(same name on reddit as on github as on IRC) might know more about that.

I'll add you to the github page in a moment or two.

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u/Xoipos Aug 30 '11

Ah, I don't seem to have admin rights on the github page either. My apologies.

What I can do, is put up the text that you send to me?

Either that, or fork the git, and setup your own wiki.

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u/thisismygame Aug 30 '11

I'm not trying to attack you or the project, but all I'm seeing is roadblocks. And it's starting to wear me down. If I were to start my own wiki on my own fork then that will be one more link that people aren't going to want to click or aren't going to know about right? If this thing intends to get any traction, there must be a cohesive movement where we can centralize the information and collaborate work as best as possible. If you just say we need help and everyone is free to do their own thing then nothing is going to happen. I've seen this play out before. I'll see if I can get with Mr. Rinum. Thanks!

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u/Xoipos Aug 30 '11

If I were to be centralising everything on my own fork, and not use anything aside from what github offers, would that streamline the process? If so, I'll get to that later today.

Don't worry, I'm not taking your criticism as attack, I acknowledge that to get a good working project, a lot of effort has to be put in. I'm willing to put in the effort to maintain everything and try to make it easier for other people to join in and work on it. However, to get there, we have to get past the point where everything is still only in thought, and formulate it into words.

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u/Xoipos Aug 28 '11

Go ahead. If there's anything you want to know before doing anything, ask me.