On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 13:11 -0700, Stephen Hahn wrote: > The Tools CG already sponsors the Website Project for specifically > this purpose. A key aspect of a new project proposal (that expects to > gain Tools CG sponsorship) would be to answer what deficits in the > existing project motivate the creation of a new one, and what attempts > were made to correct those deficits previously by the proposers? > > - Stephen
Hi Stephen, I am not going to try to answer this all at once, since I am still trying to familiarize myself with this process and the end result is, I'd just like to help. >From what I understand (so far) is that the current website-app was developed, but not in-house. It was outsourced to a company who didn't do a very clean job. I still don't understand where the choices came from, or why Jive is used either (perhaps this is for another lesson). The current status sounds like there is an individual at work trying to open-source the website application, so then it can be edited to make it have the functions we require. Many of these functions, are present in open-source wiki engines that this project would be able to focus on. >From the point of view I have been fed, it sounds like the website project is currently dismantling a wheel, changing parts that keep it from spinning, and then putting it back together, all so we can then reinvent it. I am not saying I have a perfectly clear understanding of what's going on, I am subscribed to website-discuss, and have yet to find an email that makes sense of all this. Perhaps you guys can educate me a little bit on what is the current situation is? I yearn to get a full answer on what problems actually beyond those curtains within the website project, but the one thing I see so far is that the Group, Project, and Portal leaders should be able to control the read/write permissions on pages within their groups. Something a wiki easily can do, which always seems more complicated through any other means. I will read up what I can, regardless, and hopefully I will be able to get together a list of the current website-projects weaknesses, and address them individually. Which is what your really asking. Thank You, Christopher Frost
