[cc-general] project direction

[Joseph M. <mo...@st...>]

I've noticed a little mis-interpretation in the direction/goal of the 
project in the forums that I'd like to put to rest.

The number 1 goal of the project is to help developers to collaborate in 
the coding process. This is the one part of the project that is not 
debateable :)

What the project is:
At it's core, this is a full application written in java (which means it 
is going to be cross platform) using P2P technology. It is a combination 
of a mirrored text editor (like emacs, Quanta, but can be remotely 
modified) and a chat program. That is it.

What the project is not:
A graphical CVS, compiler (IDE), file sharing program (napster, 
morphius), IRC Client, or an application version of SourceForge.

What the project could include when we perfect "what the project is":
Ability of transfering files, not just text, but also binary files if 
people need to share compiled versions of the code they are editing. 
Project managment utilities/functionality (like sourceforge or CVS). 
Pluggable interface to support things like compilers and other specific 
functioality that isn't the core goal of our project. Anything that 
helps achieve our number 1 goal, people want included, and we have 
time/resources to include.

Franklin Webber, who has been posting a number of ideas to the list said 
that most of his ideas were "Nice-To-Haves and very few are Must-Haves." 
To which I agree. I also sent an email prioritizing the feature list. If 
you didn't get this, check the list archives on sourceforge.

I don't want us to be overwealmed. When we perfect "what the project is" 
we can assess possabilities to expand the project.

Hopefully this helps. If you have any questions/comments/suggestions 
please let me know, my inbox is always open.

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Joseph Monti
Code Connector Project Manager
Cou...@us...
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