Disclaimer: I am on the Drupal team and think that this is the better
solution for the LibreOffice CMS solution.
As this conversation just seems to be going in circles, could we just
leave it to the fact that the SC did voice its decision that the Drupal
solution was to be reviewed at a later date (within 6 months) and that a
move would be considered then?
It is therefore logical to consider that, being a volunteer and
meritocratic organisation, that if a group decides to work on a Drupal
solution, it is their prerogative and, that these contributing members
will therefore be able to work on this solution as their time permits.
If so many of these members decide to work on the Drupal solution to the
detriment of the Silverstripe solution, then, again, the SC will perhaps
have to reconsider its choice of CMS accordingly. If the Drupal site
seems to have outpaced that of the Silverstripe, the credit should go to
the Drupal team contributors who are more adept at creating a Drupal CMS
site. It would make no sense to ask a Drupal experienced contributors to
slow down because the Silverstripe team is not able to keep up to their
development. You can easily see the listing of the Drupal members on the
Drupal team membership wiki page.[1] And, the list or interested members
still seems to grow.
The Drupal team is currently working hard to deliver this solution
within the 6 months delay accorded by the SC. It may, in fact, be able
to present to the membership a working site within an earlier time frame
that was firstly accorded, thanks to the team's hard work. It will then
be up to the membership to give constructive criticism to the newly
worked Drupal site to see if this is what will work best for
LibreOffice. After all, the same is happening in the documentation team
with their different projects. Let's keep an open mind.
Please do visit the Drupal site to see its development[2], please do
test out sections of the site when announcements go out for its testing
phase, please do criticise in order to help out in order to improve the
site. This is all in the spirit of creating a great CMS site of choice
for the LibreOffice final home destination.
As to why I consider the Drupal CMS the right solution? Just visit the
organisation on the Silverstripe and Drupal wiki pages and this speaks
volumes.[3] Also consider that we (LibreOffice membership) have more
Drupal-able members who could help out to level out the administration
workload, not to mention the offer from a Drupal website development
house's offer to help out. We would most likely be able to find more
Drupal oriented organisations to help out than Silverstripe. The bottom
line is that Drupal help with resources, modules, and most of all
technical help are plentiful.
So, let's see, as per SC decision, what kind of site a Drupal
LibreOffice would have to offer and let's all concentrate on getting a
great CMS to work for LibreOffice.
In the meantime, many of the Drupal team have put aside their time to
help out. I had offered help with the documentation and started, but
stepped aside for David who has done a fabulous job -- well done David.
Your work is awesome! However, with a looming 6-month delay, the Drupal
team will get back to work on their proposal and present, again, to the
membership and SC what they would consider a better solution for the
LibreOffice CMS website.
Cheers
Marc
Drupal Team Member
[1]
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Website/Drupal#Drupal_Website_Development_Team:
[2] http://www.libreofficeaustralia.org/ (you need a login/password to
see the real extent of progress on the site)
[3]
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Website#The_LibreOffice_SilverStripe_Project
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