Hi Louis,
I do wonder why an open source project uses a closed source
infrastructure! Surely it would be possible to get the community to
have total control of the system, using open source software. Then if
there are any problems, the community has full flexibility and
creativity to make changes.
Of course, you do need a gate keeper, and staging/testing server, to
make sure you don't get any random person making unwanted changes.
This of course is a rather radical view. However in the OpenStreetMap
project, who use this model with ruby on rails as the server, have
many contributors on the web site/apis etc.
Add to the list: anoncvs that will actually stay up to date all the
time.
Shaun
On 14 Sep 2007, at 21:08, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
Hi all,
In parallel with enhancing the download process for endusers, [0]
I'd like to revisit the overall infrastructure requirements. You
probably recall this favourite page:
* http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Infrastructure_Requirements
Basically, it's a wishlist of how we want things to be on OOo,
primarily from the contributors' perspective. I would like for us
to revisit it and update it, and see if we can finalize it. How
will this effort differ from the enduser pages redesign? Well, the
one for endusers focuses on making it easy (or at any rate easier)
for endusers to get OOo binaries in their language plus any other
things they may want, such as extensions, support, etc. This
infrastructure effort is focused on making it easier for developers
(but also any other contributor or user of OOo site) to do things.
I realize it's absurd to put a deadline on something like this but
consider this: with key new members to the community such as
Redflag and IBM, now is the time to clarify what we want. So, the
sooner the better, and if we can come up with a finalized list by 1
October, if not sooner, that would be terrific (indeed, I fantasize
this could be done at OOoCon.)
What happens after the infrastructure requirements page is
finalized? Well, I envision that the ESC, which includes
representatives of the developers and stakeholders, can vote on it.
That will then become the document we can use. And if they could
do this by early to mid October, if not sooner....
Best,
Louis
[0] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User_Pages_Requirements
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
___________________________________________________________
All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
