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On 2015-01-14 14:28, Pierre Smits wrote:
I agree with Daniel that (several) ASF pages could do with an overhaul to
make them more up-to-date regarding usebility and functionality.
This is inline with what I said earlier in a thread in this mailing list
(see:
http://community.markmail.org/message/a73m7slgtqtso3gs?q=list:org%2Eapache%2Ecommunity%2Edev+from:%22Pierre+Smits%22+ofbiz),
with regards how OFBiz could support the ASF. Think managing the projects,
their contributors and the PMC, as well as iCLA and CCL registration, etc.
I don't think ICLA/CCLA is going to change anytime soon, that's
something that would require board agreement and much more, not to
mention a whole lot of paperwork being redone (some 5,000 agreements to
be entered into the system manually)
See also the online storage of a presentation of a mockup that I
communicated earlier, via this link:
http://www.slideshare.net/pierresmits/ofbiz-4-the-asf
I can definitely see the advantages here, but also the disadvantages,
namely that we would have to resubmit every bit of information, and
unless you have a month or more worth of free time to devote yourself to
this, this is simply not going to happen. What I have proposed is a sort
of middle ground, where all the previous data is kept intact (converted
to JSON) and can then be edited if need be. I like your idea, I just
don't think it's possible to do it with what we have available and what
people are willing to redo. Thus, I am proposing we instead simply use
what we already have, but change how it is presented and edited.
Such screens as are proposed by Daniel could be integrated.
With regards,
Pierre Smits
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> wrote:
Hi folks,
I was having a conversation with Rich (Bowen) some weeks ago, and the
sentiment was that our projects page ( projects.apache.org <
http://projects.apache.org> ) could use a big overhaul. It's outdated,
not very user friendly, doesn't really compile the data into anything
useful (mostly just displays "raw" data) and it's difficult to navigate (no
search abilities, no actual overviews).
Therefore, I propose that the community development project takes over
this project from Infra, which has no interest in continuing/maintaining
it, and revamps it with both a new site design and a new LDAP/JSON-based
information system which would enable people to edit their project details
online without having to upload/change RDF files when something happens.
This would also mean that everything could be rendered in the browser
instead of relying on daily cron jobs to compile the page, and also allow
us to add some inspiring/interesting graphical charts and
overviews/timelines.
I have been working on a proposal that follows these ideas, which is
available for preview at http://projects.apache.pw/ for those interested.
Only the first two tabs in the menu currently work (and the extensive
search feature), but that is still most of what the old site has and then
some. I am pondering on moving some of the front page stuff to the
'Timelines' tab instead, feedback is appreciated on this.
So, comments, feedback, questions, anything is most welcome, especially
comments on whether you:
1) think comdev should be responsible for the projects directory
2) think the proposal looks good/swell/nifty/whatever.
A few notes on the search feature:
- You can search for virtually anything within a project, types,
languages, descriptions, bug-trackers etc
- Try typing your committer ID or Apache ID into the box, and it will show
all projects you are a part of
If there is consensus for moving this into comdev framework and
collaborating on this, I will commit the proposal to a sub-folder in the
comdev svn repository and ask infra for a VM where we can set this up.
With regards,
Daniel.
With regards,
Pierre Smits
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