We actually also tried a similar process a few years ago, but it failed due to various conflicts and general lack of interest. Would be great to get something like that going again.
- n On 8/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The reason why I reach out to organizations privately is because some of > > them are building commercial products on top of AOLserver and may not be > > comfortable discussing their needs in a public forum. > > Well, the way we handle such situations in the openacs community is that > changes go through an approval process which we've copied from the Tcl > crew. > > So these things CAN'T happen in private. > > The motivation - or the identity of a paying customer - can be kept > private, of course, but changes in core code that changes functionality > must be approved by core developers in a PUBLIC PROCESS. > > The developer community around AOLserver is small, so informality's fine > IMO, but transparency is crucial. > > And BTW, I recognize that you've communicated with the OpenACS community > as well as various companies, and that's a good thing. > > > Don, what would you change to improve things? Of those suggestions, > > which could you personally do to help the project? > > Unfortunately my volunteer time is still allocated to OpenACS, so I can't > really offer to help on a sustained basis, though I did drop in and > implement virtual server awareness in ns_cache back when virtual servers > were put in. > > > -- > AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ > > To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the > body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the > Subject: field of your email blank. > -- Nathan Folkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
