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>Is anyone who has already created a tool (even a fairly crude one) >interested in starting an open-source project? Has anyone on this >list worked on an open-source project or is familiar with steps needed >to start a successful one? I have worked on open source projects, though never tried to administer one. It's fairly easy to participate as a programmer, though somewhat daunting to set up for the person who is going to manage things. That person would need to set up a server for the source code, and probably a web site as well. There are two key things that should be worked out first, though. First is the language used for development. I'm using java almost exclusively now, though I used C++ for TurnStyler. I've seen a few languages mentioned, and I guess the first hurdle would be to settle on a language for the open source project. The second big choice would be what configuration software to use. No matter where the server is for the project, everyone would need the same software to access the source code. I would recommend using java for a project like this. The reason I'm using it now is that it frees you from many of the concerns of writing platform specific code - the resulting software could be run on Windows or Macs or Linux or whatever machine has java available, with few, if any, changes. For configuration, I'd recommend using CVS. It's free and very easy to use. At this point, I wonder if we should collect the email addresses of anyone wishing to participate, and then take the discussion off the list. I imagine it won't be of general interest to everyone, until there's something to try out. :-) --Deanna Send private reply to Deanna Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
