> I brought this up several months ago and was told that a new webpage was > in the works. Where in the works is it? Does it have an expected time > to leave the works? I agree with Mitchell that it is important to > maintain a public face (lest we send the wrong impression). [...] Exactly when is it going to leave the works? I sent an email to Dan tonight asking him to complete the patches he's promised so we can have it leave about the same time as the 0.1.0 release. It's just a matter of actually having the new content there.
Given that the new webpage won't be replacing the old webpage in time for this upcoming release... I suggest we make a few simple modifications to the _existing website_. Specifically, on http://www.parrotcode.org/, (1) At the top, add something vaguely like Parts of this website are out of date. We are working on a replacement site. Look to the parrot distribution for more current information. (2) From the current top paragraph of the page, and thus of the site, remove this: - specifically, Perl 6, although we would like to keep the door open for other languages in the future. As such, The paragraph currently says Parrot is a virtual machine used to efficiently execute bytecode for interpreted languages - specifically, Perl 6, although we would like to keep the door open for other languages in the future. As such, Parrot will be the core of the Perl interpreter; it will be the target platform to which Perl 6 code is compiled. But why piss people off? Invite them to visit, and then suggest they go away until later. Python, Ruby, Tcl, etc projects already exist, and could probably use volunteers from those communities. And then there's a pie. The new version would thus read Parrot is a virtual machine used to efficiently execute bytecode for interpreted languages. Parrot will be the core of the Perl interpreter; it will be the target platform to which Perl 6 code is compiled. Also, are the patches you refer to something which Dan has to do, or can someone else take care of this for him? Mitchell
