[hpsdr] Proposal

[Kirk Weedman]

I would have to agree with Joe.  In fact Mercury, Penelope, Ozy and 
Janus are VERY active.  There is new development work going on almost 
daily as can bee seen by those using the verilog.hpsdr.org webpage.  
Maybe a link to it from these projects would make these projects seem 
more active since new visitors to the website wouldn't know about this 
web page.  I've released new test code every few days and have been 
giving webinars discussing the development in some detail.  Yes, STATUS 
would be a good thing to have on each project.  Maybe a list in each 
project web page showing the date and what was worked on.  That would 
clearly show how active it is.

Kirk Weedman KD7IRS

Joe Martin K5SO wrote:
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> I disagree with you that HPSDR looks like a bunch of dreamers with no 
> actual plan to outsiders!!  I, myself, was an outsider only a few 
> months ago and I was impressed enough to become directly involved with 
> several aspects of the HPSDR project! ...so your premise about that is 
> incorrect, at least in my case.
>
> Of course HPSDR iIS a bunch of dreamers (that's to our benefit, in 
> fact!!) but the current status of the overall HPSDR project with a 
> fielded board set, minimal as it is, proves clearly that there is 
> indeed a plan and that it is being executed successfully.  HPSDR is 
> not a business, of course, so we can't, and shouldn't by any stretch 
> of the imagination, be held to any particular time schedule for 
> development for any given project!
>
> At most, giving consideration to your and others' comments, a simple 
> addition of a concise line or so in the STATUS portion of the present 
> page for each project stating something about the current state of the 
> project (updated, say, annually, or semi-annually, or so.to keep 
> maintenance of the site within reason!) is all that is necessary to 
> satisfy all;  not a total revamp of how the projects are listed on the 
> site.
>
> Joe K5SO
>
>
> On Apr 15, 2009, at 7:30 AM, Philip Covington wrote:
>
>>
>> There is a huge difference between projects that are moving slowly and
>> those that will never happen.  Having projects listed that have not
>> had any activity for years just makes people dismiss the whole HPSDR
>> project as dormant or dead.  Filling the page with projects to
>> demonstrate the " breadth and scale" of HPSDR does nothing to instill
>> confidence that those projects will ever come to fruition.
>>
>> I am not criticizing anyone who proposed those dormant/inactive
>> projects - a few of them are mine.  If there is anything to be guilty
>> of (which there is not), I am at least doubly guilty.
>>
>> There certainly should be a time line limit for projects!  If there is
>> no activity (for over a year?), then those projects should be
>> classified as dormant.  If there has been no activity EVER, then those
>> projects should be removed or relocated to "proposed" status.
>>
>> With some delineation of active and dormant projects, those wishing to
>> possibly take over or assist in moving the dormant project ideas
>> forward will be able to clearly see that those projects may need help.
>>
>> As it is now, HPSDR looks like a bunch of dreamers to outsiders or
>> newcomers with no actual plan to get all these "dream" projects
>> accomplished.
>>
>> Phil N8VB
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