Re: [Fwd: Re: [ZMapServer-Developers] Archetypes wrapper products for ZCO]

[Sean G. <sgi...@fr...>]

On May 8, 2005, at 3:41 AM, Chris Holmes wrote:

>>> But about this list ... I have been considering leaving sourceforge
> for
>>> a while.  Its support has been decreasing in quality, and my original
>>> ZMapServer product is effectively defunct.  If I start new PCL and
> ZCO
>>> developers lists, I wouldn't want these to become catch-all lists for
>>> all the different Plone mapping projects that may arise.  I'd want
> the
>>> lists to be more on-topic for those specific projects.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we should think about starting a new Plone mapping interest
>>> group with a separate list.
>
>> This sounds reasonable considering that these are *ZMapServer* lists
> :)
>> In my experience I've also found using some of the 'modern' versioning
>> systems, such as subversion, darcs etc, much more usable than CVS and
>> moving to such system might also be worth it. What do you think?
>
>> Do you have a SF alternative in mind that could provide the facilities
>> for these projects? As an option I might be able to offer atleast an
> SVN
>> repository and mailing list (mailman) for the projects, but I would
> have
>> to ask about it before making any promises.
>
> If interested we may be able to get you guys on codehaus.  See
> http://codehaus.org/Project+Selection and http://codehaus.org/Manifesto
>  We have a little geo corner - currently all Java, but I don't think
> there is any commitment to java.  And our philosophies are a bit
> different than the general codehaus ones, but they let us use the
> pieces we want.  Though thinking on it, codehaus does offer svn
> capabilities, but we actually don't use them.  Getting everyone signed
> up for codehaus accounts was a bitch, as they do a lot of security, so
> we just make use of a refractions svn repository.  But codehaus does
> offer two very nice things - JIRA (a great issue tracker) and
> Confluence (a very nice wiki).    Their support is generally pretty
> good, since they run a number of projects, and you can jump on irc and
> talk to them directly when something goes wrong.  We still use
> sourceforge for mailing lists and downloads, as they do those quite
> well.  But you should definitely consider moving parts of the project
> to different locations.
>
> best regards,
>
> Chris
>

Codehaus doesn't look right for PCL or ZCO.  And personally, I'd rather 
try to cozy up to other best-of Plone products and share resources with 
them.

cheers,
Sean


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Sean Gillies
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