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Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: Narya Forum and Project Incubator
System name: narya
Type: non-GNU

Description:
The "Narya" Project is a web-application-based Forum and Project-Incubator which will 
(eventually) combine discussion, workflow and content management, collaborative 
development, full-text document and data archive, brick-and-mortar library 
integration, collective financing, reverse auction, catalog sales, and manufacturing 
and service resource planning into an open free-market model based on the principles 
of open-source development. Its central design paradigm is a hierarchical topic tree 
with multiple topic views derived from content and integrated applications.



More detail is available at http://www.narya.net and links thereunder.



The last published source code may be found in the Sourceforge project CVS for 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/spacelift .  I am currently in the middle of a massive 
reorganization of the code, and have not uploaded the result.  However, this does not 
involve substantial new code or dependencies so much as a reorganization of existing 
code. Basically, I'm looking to start over with the CVS, since the directory structure 
is now quite different from the original.



I wrote a paper for presentation at the 2003 International Space Development 
Conference in San Jose, which is included in (gv-compatible) PDF at 
http://www.anansispaceworks.com/papers_html

which describes the current design changes.



Other Software Required:
Python 2.1+

Zope 2.5.1+

VarImage 2.3+ (a Zope Product I maintain)

Various python libraries: stripogram, pystemmer, python imaging library

I expect to have components dependent on pythoncad, pyogg, pyvorbis, and  several 
other components. Maybe even Blender at some point. By its nature, Narya will tend to 
accumulate a lot of dependencies, since it is basically a highly-pluggable framework.



Regarding "Java 2" and the clientside, I've written a description of some of the 
options at http://www.narya.net/client_html . We have a bit of a problem in finding 
adequate clientside tools to integrate that don't require Swing or other Java 2 
features, and I feel I will need help from other people interested in an effective 
free clientside for more advanced Narya features.  But this is certainly an important 
goal for us.





Other Comments:
An older version of this project is in the Source Forge CVS for the "spacelift" 
project, but there have been substantial changes, and the project has grown to the 
point where it really needs to have its own site. Essentially this is a point where we 
need a "new start" on the CVS, anyway. Eventually, of course, Narya will be able to 
host its own project site, but it is not that stable yet (by a long shot!).




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