ORLY? On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 08:42 -0600, Scott Scriven wrote: > * mourik jan heupink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a fork? > > Not that I know of. > > However, it doesn't appear that the current system is producing > much progress... 19 months since the last release, and no > mechanisms to make new releases, track issues, or manage > contributions. Over the past ~5 years I've seen issues get > reported over and over and never get fixed, improvements > contributed but never included, and common use cases pretty much > ignored. Something isn't working here. > > If people are interested, I could set up the basic infrastructure > to help development move forward. It's pretty easy to do; the > hardest part is migrating the cvs history, and that's not really > difficult. Creating development policies is a bigger issue, like > how releases get created and how patches are reviewed/approved, > but I can at least make suggestions. > > Basically what I have in mind is launchpad for infrastructure, > and a "community-agile" approach for development. > > https://launchpad.net/+tour/index > http://people.ubuntu.com/~ianc/papers/community-agile/community-agile.html > > There are a lot of details, but some of the big things would be: > > - Feature branch-driven development, using a modern DVCS tool. > - Code reviews before merging. > - Bug tracking and blueprint tracking. > - Searchable, dynamic FAQ for user support. > - Automated testing wherever possible. > - Regularly-scheduled releases. > > I think all of these would help, but all I can provide is > infrastructure and suggestions. I don't have time to be actively > involved in the development, other than occasional drive-by > patches or reviews. The really important roles would belong to > other people. > > > Dspam is such a terrific piece of software, and ... > > It looks completely abandoned... > > I certainly haven't seen a better spam solution. DSPAM seems to > be the best and it's sad that it hasn't been active lately. > > > So, the big question is whether anyone is willing to maintain > DSPAM. It seems as if Jonathan Zdziarski has lost interest, but > if no one else is willing to take over, nothing will get done. > Any volunteers? The main requirements are time and enthusiasm, > though development skills would be helpful too. > > > -- Scott > > > > >
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