On 11/17/06, Ulysses Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been working with TurboGears since june. I think its a huge > FrameWork and can be very promising. I really belive this whereas I > alredy send patchs to fix some i18n problems I've found. But in my > actual feelings the project is looking worst when comparing to june's. > Seemingly the problem is related to the lack of a BDFL (Benevolent > Dictator From Life).
That would be Kevin. TurboGears was started by Kevin and he continues to guide us in the direction that he wants the project to take. > IMHO every software development equip needs a > DBFL, especially in OpenSource development model. Every milestone > needs to focus in one objective and needs a BDFL to guarantee that it > will not swerve. In example, since june I alredy saw TG switch the > focus from SqlObject to SqlAlchemy and from Kid to Genshi. Ok, new > technology are always cool, but if we change focus every time we see a > new technology we will never have a "so waited" 1.0 version. We will > be always throwing docs away and releasing inconsistent books (and I > think the most of us prefer to write codes than docs, so trhow docs > away really hurts). What I mean (and want to propose) is: Let's get a > focus and finalize it. And to guarantee it, some one will need to do > the BDFL hard work (Kevin?). We haven't yet switched focus to SQLAlchemy and Genshi. For 1.0, Kid and SQLObject are still the prime supported tools in their area as far as TurboGears is concerned. SQLAlchemy and Genshi support have been added (actually, Genshi added itself as it uses the Buffet template plugin system that TG supports) but they are still second class citizens in TG. Granted, a lot of people are starting to use SA over SO, but that's not because we're pushing it that way at the moment. It's because (imho and obvously the opinion of many others too) SA is actually a lot better as an ORM and it is available for use. > I think, if we reach 1.0 with good and consistent docs (even without > the best and newer componets available) we can attract more developers > to join us, and than implement newer versions with more new features > and componnets, and than.... And, with an 1.0 we can easly convince > our bosses to belive that TG is a good FrameWork and with that, be > payed to work with this wonderfull tool! ;) That's our major stumbling block - documentation. There are many people putting in a tremendous effort to get the documentation up to scratch but more help is needed, even if it's just reading through the existing documentation and leaving comments. Every little helps :) Lee. -- Lee McFadden blog: http://www.splee.co.uk work: http://fireflisystems.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
