Hey guys, On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 4:28 AM Richard Frith-Macdonald < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On 15 Dec 2022, at 23:08, Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Gregory Casamento wrote: > >> Do you think we should have part of the website use WebObjects/GSWeb as > a sort of demo of GNUstep itself? > > > > as cool as it may sound and as nice it is to "eat your own dogfood" is, > two reasons come up to my mind of why not > > > > 1) simplicity of maintaining a static website [*]: it is just easy to > develop it locally, test it... no need for a webserver. This is how I > maintain(ed) the GS website until its current fate. Very convenient and > always available "on the go" where I had a CVS checkout > > 2) independency on the infrastructure. Stati webpages can be hosted > anywhere, we could also just use a standard hosting service and it would > fit. > > > > So I would keep "www.gnustep.org" static, but we could have a subdomain > dedicated to it. Like wiki.gnustep.org runs on wiki software, we could > have a part running on GSWeb. > > > > Some candidates come to my mind: > > > > 1) dynamic feature comparison, dynamic documentation or things like > that (e.g. the thing Hugo was thinking) > > 2) rewriting software index into GSWeb > > > > similar things like that, which could be in subdomains on other servers > and if they go down, they wouldn't affect the "main" static website, which > would be www and ftp. > > > > Just my two cents. > > That sounds very reasonable to me. > Your elaboration is exactly what I interpreted Greg's suggestion of 'parts > of the website' as meaning, and your suggestion of which specific mparts > would make sense is good. > > > Yes, the things that Riccardo mentioned are exactly what I meant. My thoughts were specifically about the software index, but Hugo's dynamic API comparison idea is also an excellent candidate. I've recently started playing with GSW locally and it is pretty nice. :) GC -- Gregory Casamento GNUstep Lead Developer / OLC, Principal Consultant http://www.gnustep.org <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/b14042860b3f8dae0df0e79e9470c81476e3fa29?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnustep.org&userId=2790543&signature=fe44458746254906> - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/787701eb093527fafa22dbf13203614d9534c5db?url=http%3A%2F%2Fheronsperch.blogspot.com&userId=2790543&signature=86b9bc923159b9e8> https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=352392 <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/4777a94190697809de43b9d497bd7ec7f1ed3184?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2FbePatron%3Fu%3D352392&userId=2790543&signature=e02e9a56f9d8cfb9> - Become a Patron https://gf.me/u/x8m3sx <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/77f0baa09ba24d6b6e0b7d9f8e80c630e5a75756?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgf.me%2Fu%2Fx8m3sx&userId=2790543&signature=5d8aca2dc1f4b1fe> - My GNUstep GoFundMe https://teespring.com/stores/gnustep <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/0897dd48d01ee0102817bf44124e176f66a93e78?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteespring.com%2Fstores%2Fgnustep&userId=2790543&signature=7a6dcdfc16be8905> - Store
