Originally posted at
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... ost#920615
I thought it should have its own thread since it got no replies there.
musher0
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Hello learnhow2code and all.learnhow2code wrote:(..)
its too bad-- here you are leaving the forum, and theres no reason for you to take me with you. im sure it would make me happy enough if i followed you, as well as a few others.
oh well, carry on.
First, this is THE main Puppy forum. I don't necessarily like how the rules
are applied here, but tough, I have to live with it. Besides, there's enough
material accumulated in these threads to earn yourself a Ph.D in Puppy if
you want to. So this forum cannot be ignored (it probably never will be).
Second, on such an important matter as Puppy development, you don't
change forums like you change shirts.
I've been doing some Internet searching, window-shopping if you will, for
a simple forum software; also, some people have got in touch about
hosting the project. rokitnj has even come up with suggestions
(indirectly!) right here on this board.
Fact of the matter is, I don't know what I'm looking for.
I ran a BBS on DOS for a translation co-op 20 years ago, can't remember
the name of the software just now; we even had access to WP-5.1 and to
a simple DBF III database on line!!! We were pioneers in Canada!
But wow, how much that scenery has changed. Should I be looking at a
revved-up ready-made Project Management site? A fancy IRC? A toned-
down copy of this phpBB? The jabber software variant with a white board
(Coccinella)? A traditional blog with replies?
God knows, the Devil has a hint, but moi? Blank. Zilch. Too much to
absorb at the same time. Grey cells slow down at my age, y'know!
Ideas or guidance, by PM -- if you have any -- would be appreciated.
My ideas about this -- in no order:
-- focused on Puppy development: entire Puppies but also open to:
____ various support or home-grown utilities,
____ serious testing,
____ documented comparisons, etc.
____ I think we should try to avoid piece-meal development (we have
____ more than enough of that here).
____ One of the key themes or missions of that board should|would be:
____ "combination, blending, synthesis".
-- simple, easy to navigate, easy to monitor
-- linked to a file exchange site somehow
-- rules: respected ! Pests stay out! (With ways to implement that.)
-- collaboration capacity if requested by two or more participants,
____ and that leans toward including some project management utilities.
That's the sum of my reflection for now.
TWYL, hopefully.