[Koha] How to handle the support providers list (was Re: Spam from BestBookBuddies (OpenLX))

[Diedre Conkling]

I mostly just read this list but I thought I'd comment on this subject.  I
think this should be put to a vote.  I think Chris has spelled out three
good categories.  It might be that there are one or two more categories.
Just add those suggestions in the next day or two and then put out a poll.



On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:34 PM Chris Cormack <chrisc at catalyst.net.nz>
wrote:

> Hi All
>
> A proposal, for voting on.
> 1/ make the listing criteria more stringent + move the list off the main
> site to its own thing.
>
> Or we just make it more official and increase all the problems.
>
> So move it off the site and make it 'the community managed list'. Or some
> other name. But make it its own thing clearly maintained by volunteers, not
> part of the main site and in no way official at all.
>
> Chris
>
> On 11 August 2017 3:26:44 AM NZST, Jonathan Druart <
> jonathan.druart at bugs.koha-community.org> wrote:
> >Vinod,
> >
> >This already exists and is auto-generated for each release.
> >For 17.05, https://koha-community.org/koha-17-05-released
> >But, as said previously by others, 1 != 1 and there are much more than
> >just
> >writing patches in a community daily tasks.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Jonathan
> >
> >On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 at 07:15 vinod mishra <mishravk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I think we can make a parameter like the company who have submitted
> >at
> >> least five patch/new code for major active release oldoldstable,
> >oldstable
> >> and stable will be only listed. For example if a company has five
> >> code/patch in 16.5 than he may be listed continuously up-to 17.5 once
> >17.11
> >> will release and there is no contribution in 16.11 than they may be
> >delist.
> >>
> >> Above is only one parameter but someone have to monitor this
> >continuously
> >> to update the list, however range of version can be increased, by
> >doing so
> >> they will be encouraged to contribute continuously if they do not
> >want to
> >> die from list.
> >>
> >>
> >> With Regards,
> >>
> >> Vinod Kumar Mishra,
> >> Assistant Librarian,
> >> Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL),
> >> NIT Rourkela,
> >> Sundergadh-769008,
> >> Odisha,
> >> India.
> >> Mob:91+9439420860
> >> Website: http://mishravk.com/
> >> ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874
> >>
> >> *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical
> >> relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma
> >> Gandhi*
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Mark Tompsett <mtompset at hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Greetings,
> >> >
> >> > Nathan A. Curulla suggested:
> >> > > Maybe we should change the listing to “contributing support
> >companies”
> >> or
> >> > > something like that.
> >> >
> >> > While I think that is a good idea, and then companies without
> >community
> >> > participation get removed, the problem still remains: people don't
> >read.
> >> > We've put a nice disclaimer that this is not an official list and
> >has no
> >> > official seal of approval meaning to the list, and yet people still
> >use
> >> it
> >> > that way. It is impossible to educate people who refuse to read,
> >even
> >> > though
> >> > the preamble write up is a rather good explanation of how to look
> >for a
> >> > Koha
> >> > support provider. As such, the only reasonable course of action is
> >to
> >> > delete
> >> > the list, otherwise it will continue to be used that way, no matter
> >what
> >> we
> >> > put on the page(s).
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Owen Leonard wrote:
> >> > > It would be a duplicate listing ... and should be rejected.
> >> >
> >> > Who determines it is a duplicate listing? Because last time I
> >looked some
> >> > other entries looked like duplicates to me, much like OpenLX/BBB.
> >And
> >> > cleaning up duplicates is a pain. Yet another reason to just delete
> >the
> >> > list
> >> > already.
> >> >
> >> > GPML,
> >> > Mark Tompsett
> >> >
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