Re: [Fwd: Re: [ZMapServer-Developers] Archetypes wrapper products for ZCO]
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From: Sean G. <sgi...@fr...> - 2005-05-08 16:30:49
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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 -- Sean Gillies sgillies at frii dot com http://zcologia.com |