Quote from: LiberyOrDeath on September 11, 2014, 01:49:04 PM

Quote from: allyouracid on September 11, 2014, 01:11:05 PM

The problem is: there is not always a way out. Way too many people don't follow the golden rule (don't invest more than you're willing to lose), they took the train 2 months ago ("choo choo!") and now, they're stuck on the wrong side of the train - literally, under the train. Now, those said people are doomed to wait for a rebound, and selling (the way out) would mean a (maybe big) loss, eventually.

For coordinating project development, I think I'll have a look at the IRC chat, maybe I can spot alty and propose him to setup a Redmine (project management software) installation on my server, so they can get things sorted a bit and the community can follow the progress.
This would be my way to contribute to the crypto community.

It is more likely that you will come upon DaSource or some other devs, but Alty comes to IRC a few times a week.

I think your idea of setting up the Redmine is the best thing we've heard in weeks. So Alty or any other devs that are reading this thread. Please contact allyouracid, he's a legit and trustworthy member of the community. We need to change the way devs and Alty have been handling interaction with the community and stakeholders - this is the number one priority for all of us. I plead to any members of the development team or anyone that is close to them to reach out to us (because it is much harder for us to reach you) and especially to the people like allyouracid who have concrete solution to problems. So please consider this and let us move forward together.

Hi,

I contacted dasource on IRC, making my proposal:

Code:

15:29 -!- Irssi: Starting query in freenode with dasource|afk
15:31 Hello! I was told I can talk to you to make a proposal about helping to improve the current "PR" situation. :) First of all, I'm not that present in IRC, but very present in the
cloak thread. And the current situation makes me kind of sad, for the most part because it was avoidable.
15:32 I'm not sure if you noticed, but someone on the cloak thread mentioned that the DarkCoin developers use JIRA as a project management software. I'm a developer myself and we use
it at work, and it really helps to keep track of current projects, progress etc.
15:34 So, while JIRA is not free for use, I'd like to make a proposal: if appreciated, I could setup a redmine installation on my machine for the development team. This would be my way
of contributing to the community, and I think it would help a lot to 1) keep track of progress and whats being done, already, 2) have the opportunity to create tickets for bugs
and 3) let the community see what is currently being done
15:36 Redmine is open source, and I use it for my spare time projects (I'm currently working on a trading suite with technical analysis, market analysis, live trading on different
markets with different trading strategies and, later, some premium features), and it works really great.
15:38 Maybe you can drop me a message when you read this (and maybe thought about it). I'd be happy to help, because the situation, as it is, is inacceptable. Not only for the
community, but also for the development team (what a "nice" surprise that must have been to realize someone being in vacation right before the ETA)...
18:01 -!- dasource|afk [~dasource@unaffiliated/dasource] has quit [Ping timeout: 252 seconds]

I think he wasn't online when I was there (timezone?), but I dropped the message and I guess he'll read it when he's back online.
To underline it a bit further (as I heard that alty is somewhat skeptical towards new ideas, because of "losing control" or things like code becoming leaked):

the project management software is all about tasks, time booking (can be used optionally), coordination and priorization of tasks
there is no code of the client involved... it won't get public as it does not even touch the pm software (although I appreciate open source software )
this means: current features can be created, assigned to developers, split up into subtasks which also can be assigned to developers
rough timeframes can (not must) be set for each task, which has benefits like you're going to see in the calendar/Gantt chart when certain tasks do overlap heavily, or if developer resources are out of capacity for new tasks due to working on other things
there are optional plugins for redmine, such as an internal forum (helps to discuss tasks), a documents section, wiki pages, said calendar and Gantt chart, where every section can be configured to be publicly visible or not

It's just fine to keep a project organized. Documents can be stored, bugs can be tracked and a lot more. As I said, I'm using Redmine myself for my private project like my trading suite, and since I coordinate my projects this way, I feel that my time is spent in a way more useful manner. Also, I don't forget about new ideas, concepts etc. as there is always a place to store things.

So, that's just a well-meant offer from me. I personally don't know any reason not to use it, but the decision is up to the developers.
For now, I'll have a look into the IRC from time to time and check whether dasource is online.