Hi all, There have been a few video chats recently, and I wanted to briefly summarize some of the discussion to make sure everyone is included.
* We set a psuedo-random goal of having an "alpha" release before the SCALE conference[1] on January 21–26. * We have been clarifying the goal for that release on an Etherpad document, https://v.etherpad.org/p/snowdrift. The goal takes the form of a prioritized list of pages. The goal needs a lot more clarification. Each page still has entirely ad-hoc specifications. While there are many questions to answer, I think an important one is "Which pages should a particular page link to?". We will iterate the design and begin to document these specifications as tests. * Robert (mray) has been creating a design framework[2] for the site, replacing the existing ad-hoc, Bootstrap-ish style. It looks awesome. :) * Robert has also been creating new versions[3] of important pages using his design framework. He is creating non-interactive versions with html and css. * Jason (JazzyEagle) has taken the lead on wiring up Robert's new creations to the data model. There will be a lot of work in this area that can be done in parallel. It'll be a great place for anyone to help out and make contributions. * I (Bryan, chreekat) will create fresh skeleton versions of each page on the Etherpad document in the next two days. This will be the base on which we will iterate the design and specifications of the pages in question. These new skeleton pages will go live (!!) asap, so we can be agile and stuff. :P But no, seriously, the idea is to show visible progress (even if it looks ugly) and provide a sandbox in which to work towards alpha. * I mentioned Jason's area as being one where others can contribute. Well, my hope is that Robert's area is also one where others can contribute. Part of the reason I want to knock out the skeleton version of everything is so that people can say "Oh I'll do that page" and build some html/css without having to touch any Haskell at all. Ok dang that's all for now. I got some skeletons to shake out. But if any of this has sparked any thoughts, concerns or questions, please fire back an email. :) [1]: SCALE. https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/14x [2]: Design framework. https://github.com/mray/Snowdrift-Design/ [3]: New pages. https://git.gnu.io/mray/snowdrift/commits/new-home-and-intro
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