[Handytags-devel] Project status and: Welcome to Christoph

[Matthias B. <mb...@mb...>]

Hello, HandyTags developers,

I'd like to welcome Christoph Wilhelms as a developer to the team of
HandyTags developers. Christoph, I have added you to the project. I think,
you'll bring in the expertise in Javascript that will make our calendar
truly interactive.

Also, I have examined the mailing lists that are associated with this
project. I have found out that they are still no subscribers. I suggest that
we all subscribe to them, using the following links:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/handytags-devel
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/handytags-users
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/handytags-announce
This will establish the "devel" list as an easy medium for communication.

And now for something different:

I'd like to find an agreement about the current status of the project, about
our goals and about the way to run the project. Please give me your feedback
on that.

Goals:
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The initial goal when we left Jakarta temporarily was to produce a unified
calendar tag that we can pass back to them. I have created the SourceForge
project to accommodate *any* kind of useful JSP taglib. To have a starting
point, I have created the file package "htgui" (HandyTags GUI) that will
produce a taglib (htgui.war) with the calendar control in it. So, the
project architecture supports the original goal but can well be extended for
future needs.

Status:
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I have imported my calendar tag source code into the CVS repository and
included the necessary build scripts. I have released a beta called "0.6".
Now, Boyd wants to include his source code, Christoph should do so as well.
I volunteer to coordinate and test.

Project organization:
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SF allows to set a role for each member of the project team. I have assigned
the following roles:
Boyd: developer
Chris: developer
Matthias: project manager
This does not mean that I am the "guru" of everything :-) but simply that I
offer to take care of the organizational stuff. This includes communication
and distribution of tasks among the team members. If any one of you should
*not* feel comfortable with this, please protest!

Tasks:
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I think, the first thing for us to do is to establish a small development
plan that shows which features from the three sources shall be included in
the product and where. I'll start with that today and discuss it with you on
the "handytags-devel" list.

Regards...
Matthias

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