Hi F,
Sorry to hear. I hope things improve with Tracks/Rails in the future so you can try again! Reinier Van: monkey [mailto:[email protected]] Verzonden: dinsdag 24 juli 2012 15:19 Aan: Reinier Balt CC: Eric Brown; [email protected] Onderwerp: Re: [Tracks-discuss] Re: big-picture question I agree with Eric, I follow this list, but actually have given up on using Tracks since I was unable to teach myself or dreamhost.com enough about some gems/packages/dependencies/whatever there was required. I'm really sad, I loved and would have loved to deploy it for our local project network but I couldn't get it work - and no, I also couldn't get the installers to work - nor did the former dreamhost setup guide help, sadly. So, unfortunately I can't use it nor advertise it ... even though I'd love to. Why? I want a complete system with calendars, to do lists, project management, PIM on my own servers, open source and what not - I don't want to use foreign servers etc ... if there ever is a version that is easier to install, I'd try it again ;) Thanks F 2012/7/17 Reinier Balt <[email protected]> Hi Eric, Installing Tracks from the zipped distribution requires technical knowledge. But for users who are not proficient in that area, there are other options mentioned in the installation manual, such as hosted tracks (like gtdify) or ready-made installers (like BitNami). So I think that there are a lot of options for installation Long term goals are difficult to define. We are currently short on developers with spare time, so progress is made, but limited. Data portability needs someone with an itch :-) Since Tracks tends to become integral part of peoples life, this needs to work perfectly. Regards, Reinier Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Eric Brown Verzonden: dinsdag 17 juli 2012 14:04 Aan: [email protected] Onderwerp: [Tracks-discuss] big-picture question Hello, everyone. I have been using Tracks for six months, and it has become an integral part of my life. After trying several other GTD-based systems, I have found that Tracks is uniquely suited for my workflow. I wanted to express my thanks to all those involved in its development. However, I would also like to express a concern. Let me start by saying that I am not a programmer or web admin by trade. I dabble in both, and know just enough to make me dangerous. Am I correct in stating that the audience for Tracks at this point is primarily programmers and systems administrators? After having implemented Tracks on two different systems, it is my impression that Tracks is inaccessible to the majority of users. Set up requires a) command-line access to an Apache server, b) knowledge of package management systems, c) cursory knowledge of MySQL, and d) a working knowledge of Rails. This excludes almost everyone I know who would benefit from Tracks. What are the long term goals for Tracks? Is there any thought of developing Tracks to be accessible for more people? Or has that role already been filled by other commercially available software (like rememberthemilk.com)? Are there any plans to improve data portability? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this. Eric _______________________________________________ Tracks-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss
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