> No but you can help and thats the point, its pretty > pathic when there are thousands of ppl on the list > and there are like 3 ppl who volunteered to help.
I watched in horror when the initial discussions about this were popping up a few months ago. In my experience, trying to START a project like this as a community effort will lead to disaster. Many people will have great ideas, some will commit to helping, and some of those will back out as they realize that their time is better spent doing other things. The ones that remain will generally bitch about the ones that left and commit further to finish a project anyway. Unfortunately, the next step is usually disagreement over what features to include, what framework will be used, coding standards, what will determine when the first release is finished, etc. Because of all the disagreements and ego contests, nothing gets done, and the project falls apart. If you REALLY want an open-source shopping cart in CF, someone, one person, will just need buckle down and write a feature set, decide on a framework, and CODE MOST OF IT OUT. Write the base code to a point where it's at least somewhat functional. That means it supports basic features, supports one or two common payment gateways, has basic shipping calculations, maybe e-gift cards or coupons, etc. Then, take that code and start a community project. Throw that base at the community and people will be much more likely to step in and flesh it out. The hard part will be done. Someone who uses a particular payment gateway may be fine with submitting code for that gateway and spending a day integrating it, but maybe they're not willing to spend several days or weeks chasing arguments over frameworks. If one person has the time and smarts to write a decent, flexible, scalable framework, the community will be far more likely to step up and plug stuff into it. I'm not the person to do that right now because of my work load, but that's what I believe will need to happen if this idea is ever going to see a release. Just my $0.02 on the matter. -Justin Scott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228985 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
