On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:33 PM, <tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net> wrote: <snip>
> All the above is my way of suggesting that maybe now is a better time > to make a careful selection of our textbook creation tools rather than > later, especially in light of the other discussion of how well > 'Practical Open Source Software Exploration' 0.8 has been received, ( > http://teachingopensource.org/pipermail/tos/2010-June/001283.html ). > If you are setting August as the date for 0.9, having no feedback on > the use of 0.8, I suggest your schedule is ambitious. Whether you > present 0.8 or 0.9 at OSCON, you will be presenting a Work In > Progress. Of course, even 1.0 will be a WIP since the subject matter > will evolve. > > In my opinion, a tool set review and switch is a very good idea at > this stage of the project. > I snipped the schedule section, as I have largely been a lurker and not done any of the work, and thus feel unqualified to tell those who are doing it how to set their schedule. That said, I don't see a problem with a tool set review. As a matter of fact, a good tool set review could be a boon for projects outside TOS. I'd love to help with this review. Wanna stake a page on the TOS wiki to work? David _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
