[sword-devel] proposals

[Palumbo, William]

Why not add the Sword web site as a seperate project on Sourceforge?  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Gross [mailto:grossj144@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 2:06 PM
> To: sword-devel@crosswire.org
> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] proposals
> 
> 
> Not a bad idea, Martin.  I would also propose that we 
> seperate the lists 
> into:
> 
> 1.  The sword developers list (i.e. this one:))
> 2.  The sword modules developers list, and
> 3.  The sword website list.
> 
> I am being a little bit selfish with adding number 3 in, as I 
> can not access 
> news sites, but I want to help with the website.  You could 
> say that I am 
> kinda stuck.  Any other suggestions?  Is this possible?  
> Practical?  These 
> divisions seem to be the most practical and they follow the 
> three most 
> talked about subjects.
> 
> Jim
> 
> P.S. If anyone knows of an internet based newsgroup reader 
> that would allow 
> me to subscribe to the website newsgroup, I would appreciate 
> the info.  
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Martin Gruner <mg.pub@gmx.net>
> Reply-To: sword-devel@crosswire.org
> To: "Sword Development" <sword-devel@crosswire.org>
> Subject: [sword-devel] proposals
> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 22:26:02 +0200
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Since the new sword website is being constructed at the 
> moment, I want to
> suggest something that might save time by making things 
> easier in future.
> 
> The sword project does already have a sourceforge account.
> It might be a good idea to start using it. What are the advantages:
> 
> -all registered users can have permissions to administer parts of the 
> project
> -a task manager creates trancparency in the development and makes
> administering easier - aims can be set
> -a bug tracker
> -a support manager makes collecting and administering easy; 
> you can even use
> "canned responses"
> -you can use a patch tracker
> -the download section is well-structured and keeps track of 
> the amount of
> downloads
> -the documentation manager categorizes documentation data 
> which can be 
> edited
> by all people with permission - everybody can submit new 
> documentation pages
> -there is a compile farm for creating binary packages
> -...
> 
> Check out http://sourceforge.net/projects/bibletime and
> http://www.bibletime.de to see an example.
> The effect it may have is that the work would be distributed; 
> more shoulders
> would bear; people who cannot code can help with the 
> docs/administration, 
> and
> the developers can concentrate on coding.
> This way the real development and the pr/modules related 
> stuff could be
> separated - which is necessary, also for this mailing list imo.
> It might be hard to fullfill the requirements of deveolpers and
> users/publishers etc. on the new crosswire.org website, and 
> development is
> what sourceforge is dedicated to. Why not use it?
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
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