* 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
!DSPAM:1011,48f60149150928571811094!
