A question for those running their own OSS projects

[G. Matthew Rice]

Madison Kelly <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> writes:
> So to those of you who have your own semi-popular OSS program (or work on
> one), how did you do it? How long did it take? How do you let the community
> know it's out there?

Some good ideas already (freshmeat, sourceforge, getting an article written).

You could also set up a *-user and *-developer mailing list, create a website
for the project (with or without sourceforge resources) with a roadmap and
plans for future releases, etc..

Create packages.  Not only for download but try to get it added to distros.
Become the package maintainer for debian (that'll get it added quickly).

Also, tell the guys running the linuxworld toronto show that you want to give
a talk.

And, lastly, don't expect to get the kind of attention that firefox or OOo
gets.  You may never get more than the occasional patch (or nothing) from the
community.

HTH,
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