On 8/30/05, Chris Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are people working on such things? (I know the answer is partially yes, > because I've noticed various efforts underway here and there.) What's > the prognosis?
Because we (World Online) have been using Django for about two years while we've been developing it, we have much of this stuff already done for our internal purposes -- but we don't have the OK to open-source it. Actually, we sell a commercial package, called Ellington, which includes a great news CMS, polls, events calendar, band database, etc. -- all the software that powers lawrence.com and ljworld.com. One of the official reasons for open-sourcing Django was to get people interested in that. Aside from that, I (personally) would be totally cool with hosting some sort of app repository for common stuff -- a blog system, a wiki, etc. Similarly, the /django/contrib/ part of the source tree is designed for add-on functionality that's inessential to Django itself but is useful from a "batteries included" perspective. It currently includes only our comments framework, but I'm keen on adding more. I'm not sure whether a full-blown blogging system would be a candidate for contrib, though -- I pictured contrib as more of a place for "framework additions" than standalone apps. Adrian -- Adrian Holovaty holovaty.com | djangoproject.com | chicagocrime.org
