Iâd also like to see something like this - a place to present / talk about ongoing RIOT related projects.
brief reminder that the current state of sub-categories is not satisfying. currently, there is a single sub-categoriy, Continuous Integration (under Development). this looks weird. would be nice if the admins could take care of this before we go public.
How about adding: Networking, Drivers, Boards, CPU, Package? That probably covers a lot of use-cases and isnât to specific. If doesnât cover your use-case, you are still able to just put it under development with tags. I also would like to have all categories accessible. If we go to deep into sub-sub-categories or are too specific with the naming of the categories, new contributors might have problems with finding the right category. If we keep it flat, new contributors have an easy access and we are able to use tags to be more specific. What do you think? I also can imagine adding Documentation and Testing as well, as @miri64 mentioned.
sounds like a good start to me.
Is there an opinion on creating a âjob offersâ subcategory, or something similar?
Background: I am regularly contacted by people (from industry and academia) with RIOT-related job offers they wish to advertise to the community. It could be useful if there was a venue for such offers?
Good idea! I guess this speaks more and more for additional sub-categories within the âCommunityâ category.
I think that this is a useful thing.
Ohh yeah, letâs have a job offers category. Question is just: Where should we put it into? Community might be a good place, I guess. Or maybe it makes sense to have a top category for this, in order to give this a more prominent place. What do you think?
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+1 for Community->Job Offers
+1 for Community->Job Offers
cheers matthias
Would it make sense to add an extra subcategory to âDevelopmentâ called âOtherâ or âMiscellaneousâ ? Because for example, if I have a question about a specific test, currently there is no category where that would fit.
Wouldnât a question go into the âHelpâ category anyways ?
Okay miri64, Youâre right⌠but that wasnât really the point Letâs say I want to discuss a topic that is related to a test, or to an example-program, or to RIOT usage in general, or to the buildsystem, orâŚ
They would all fit under Development, but currently there is no category for it.
EDIT: I just noticed that you can also open topics in the main category, without specifying a subcategory. Didnât know that. My bad!
I thought about that too. Not everyone is aware of the internal structure. So, I think it is better to have flat categories for help in order to not force people to pick a category they might not be familiar with. But tags will help in that scenario.
Job Offers implies people looking for help. Does the category also permit Offers of Help?
I think a job offer is something entirely different than someone asking for help.
Looking for help: âHey, Iâm currently using RIOT-OS to build a Delorean, but Iâm getting the following error at compile time: Error: flux capacitor not found. Can anyone tell me what Iâm doing wrong?â
Job offer: âHi, we at Thisaweseomecompany are looking for someone to help us build the space ship of the future. Knowledge of C and RIOT-OS is required. Speaking Klingon is a plus. We offer you a company-tricycle, 200k/month and unlimited bananas at the office.â.
Iâm in!
I think Job Offers could be a sub-category of the Community category.