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Ways to update our community about changes to our platform

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

The issue names no repository files; start by locating the documentation page where community-update procedures belong and compare it with the OOD, StatusCast, and HPC Announce steps listed here. Done means those procedures are documented accurately, including the links and reply-to requirement.

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Description

Open On-Demand (OOD) Announcement and Message of the Day (MOTD)

StatusCast

HPC Announce Email List

  • Send an email to [email protected]

    • Ensure that the "reply-to" address is set to [email protected], that way researcher replies are directed to ServiceNow as service requests, rather than to the person making the announcement.

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  • Manage the listserv at https://listserv.uab.edu

  • Will be sent to all Cheaha accounts!

  • This is a high-noise operation, please reserve for incidents impacting all users, or the entire RC platform.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
1
Forks
9
PR merge metrics
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Getting set up

  • No Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
  • Has a pull request template
  • No contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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