A question for those running their own OSS projects

[Evan Leibovitch]

G. Matthew Rice wrote:

>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).
>  
>
Absolutely. Having RPM packages (at least those that will install on 
SuSE/Novell, Fedora/RedHat and Mandriva) will get them listed in rpmfind 
as well as into those distros' unofficial contrib areas. From there. 
if/once the project shows both relevance and maturity, it may just be 
included on their distributions which will get even more attention.

Also. Don't forget to publicize your project in mailing lists or on 
blogs dealing with subject matter relevant to your project. Since you 
say it rates high within its category, are you sure that everyone with 
an interest in that category knows about it?

And last but not least, post something on linuxpr.com.

- Evan

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