On May 11, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Dave Fisher wrote: > Hi Joe, > > On May 11, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > >> With 1100 builds so far the ooo-site CMS instance >> is only 350 builds behind www.apache.org as the >> most-used CMS tree so far. I monitor the CMS logs >> daily to evaluate usage and this project publishes >> about as often as all our other projects combined, >> which really makes me wonder where we'd be here if >> the org had never created the CMS in the first place. > > I wonder too, but it would have been very painful. > > The enhancements made to the build process over the last year have made this > use possible. > >> The ooo-site is far and away the largest instance at >> over 9GB total. The reason I'm writing here is to >> ask general questions about user satisfaction with >> the CMS: >> >> 1) Is there any aspect of the CMS that needs immediate >> improvement? > > I would like read_text_file to be able to handle BOM characters without issue. > >> 2) Are you satisfied with the workflow, or are there areas >> that could stand improvement? > > Pretty much am. > >> 3) Is there anything that should be done to encourage more >> users who are not committers to use the CMS to submit patches >> to the list? > > Direct submission of the patch to BZ or JIRA including name, etc. > Configured on a project by project basis. > >> 4) Are there any UI features you'd like to see implemented, >> either in the web interface or the publication script? > > Warnings when > > (a) a staging build is in process. > (b) when the change is in lib or templates and might require more than an > instant to stage.
(c) when there are unpublished staged changes and who is responsible. This allows co-ordination. Regards, Dave > >> > >> >> Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer a few of these! > > You're welcome. > > Regards, > Dave
