MTOS Mailing Lists Live

Any open source project needs mailing lists, so it was nice to see that the MTOS development list went live a few minutes ago with an introductory email from Byrne Reese:

I would like to formally welcome everyone to the mtos-dev mailing list. This
morning we officially launched the MTOS Project [1], and made almost all of
the resources necessary to support the developer community waiting to
contribute to the project available for the first time.

My name is Byrne Reese. I am the Product Manager of Movable Type, a
developer myself, and a user of Movable Type for close to 5 years. Movable
Type changed how I managed my content online in such a profound and
fundamental way. It ultimately led me to join the Six Apart team and then to
join the Movable Type team itself. A similar story is likely to be told by
every Six Apart employee.

Anyways, I wanted to introduce myself and welcome everyone else who feels
comfortable doing so and who is interested in participating in the
development process of MTOS to raise their hand and introduce themselves as
well.

I also wanted to provide the members of this mailing list with an overview
of what this list is for and how we initially envision using it. As with all
things online, mailing lists can sometimes take on a life of their own - so
this list is likely to evolve over time. It is not my desire to force this
list into a mold of any kind, but to leave it to the members of the list to
create the type of environment appropriate for all of our needs.

That being said, the goal of this list is to support developers actively
working on the MTOS code base. This list is also meant to serve as the means
by which we as a community can review and give each other feedback on the
contributions we want to make to the core product. More details about this
process can be found on the MTOS web site [2].

Finally, a brief status update: the launch of MTOS was a larger endeavor
then we had originally planned. As a result, not all of our I's are dotted
and T's crossed. You can find the latest information of where we are as a
community on the MTOS Status page [3]. I welcome people to check that out. I
keep it as up to date as possible, updating several times a day as
necessary.

That is all I wanted to say as an introduction. Again, welcome everyone to
this exciting new day for Movable Type and its community. I could not be
happier with the work the team and community has done so far, nor could I be
more optimistic about the future of Movable Type!

Sincerely,
Byrne Reese
Developer, Fan, Product Manager
Movable Type

[1] http://www.movabletype.org/2007/12/movable_type_open_source.html
[2] http://www.movabletype.org/opensource/contributions.html
[3] http://www.movabletype.org/opensource/status.html

Of course there are also forums (running on MT code!) where users can seek help, advice or simply swap tips and tricks