Let me just interject that this thread is (or was originally) about
replacing a convenience web site that helps people find projects of
interest, not about creating a canonical internal source for foundation
records :)
If such a canonical system was to be made, it would not be
projects.apache.org, it would probably be somewhere else (somewhere
internal?). I don't know that OFBiz can do the things I have in mind for
the projects directory, and as Rich pointed out, this should really be a
system that multiple comdev people could maintain and develop, and I
only know of one person in this discussion who knows enough about OFBiz
to do so.
Perhaps we should start a new thread about the OfBiz part? It seems to
be a very different discussion than what I had in mind, and most likely
a discussion that will go on for some time.
Furthermore, with my infra hat on, we already have enough technical debt
to deal with in the near future, we will not be supporting a new service
like OFBiz for quite a while, and especially not without someone from
OFBiz "paying the infra tax".
With regards,
Daniel.
On 2015-01-14 17:34, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote:
Maintaining servers costs money. Money has to come from somewhere and has to be
budgeted. We can't just drop a new demand on infra without discussing it with
them and ensuring they have the capacity.
In terms of maintenance of the result Im thinking who makes the changes we need
as requirements change over time? Somebody needs to be responsible for that and
we need to be sure it is sustainable. The easier it is to maintain the easier
it is to find someone willing to do it.
As for my suggestion for OfBiz to be applied to operational area of the foundation I said
"currently unstructured" that is the information is in ad-hoc spreadsheets and
mailing lists. OfBiz is, as far as I'm aware, designed for the kinds of functions I
listed.
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From: Pierre Smits<mailto:pierre.sm...@gmail.com>
Sent: 1/14/2015 8:25 AM
To: dev@community.apache.org<mailto:dev@community.apache.org>
Subject: Re: projects.apache.org overhaul proposal
Like INFRA is expected to host/support svn instances, etc. All dependant on
the requirements of the ASF.
OFBiz is the open source business enablement suite of the ASF (the works -
as a result of the project being an ASF), though primarily advertised as an
ERP/E-Commerce solution by the project.
What kind of requirements do think about when considering 'that any ComDev
member who wants to help out needs to learn OfBiz'? You are thinking of how
to use it? Or are your thoughts tending towards development?
Prior to creating the presentation (
http://www.slideshare.net/pierresmits/ofbiz-4-the-asf) I created a new
'community' application working out the PoC and functionality approaches
and that was done easily. As easy was converting some of the publicly
available data regarding projects and persons and importing it. And that I
used to get the screenshots used in the presentation.
Yes, OFBiz can also be used for and within other functions/domains of the
ASF. As was raised in the recent past regarding fund raising and the book
store. But also regarding the tracking and tracing of the promotional
materials of the ASF to 3rd party event organisers. How it is used within
the ASF is up to the board and its committees.
You seem to be suggesting in your last sentence that OFBiz (within the ASF)
should be used for the unstructured information and the associated
processes of the ASF. For sure, there are other solutions available within
the ASF portfolio that cater such requirements better.
Best regards,
Pierre Smits
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) <
ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote:
This requires that infra maintain a running instance of OfBiz and that any
ComDev member who wants to help out needs to learn OfBiz. Have you
consulted with infra? Can ComDev members be expected to learn OfBiz in
order to make a small tweak?
It seems to me that whilst the extra functionality discussed here would be
very valuable there is a much steeper path to build g something
maintainable.
I'd like to see approach this as a separate proposal from
projects.apache.org work. OFbiz is likely to be useful to the Board and
various foundation commitees and for this reason I don't see ComDev as
being the right home or projects.apache.org being the right target.
As I said when you originally raised this I would recommend focusing on a
committee that tracks other data, data that is not currently well
structured. Trademarks, media, fundraising and whimsy.apache.org are all
examples.
Ross
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