Hi dbb, You bring up several good ideas... I have some (hopefully useful) comments below:
On Mar 23, 9:44 pm, dbb <debe...@yahoo.com> wrote: > All: > > It is very important to have change control process for web2py, this > change control process will include : > - formal submission of idea or improvement using a form > - voting on the idea or improvement with supporting reasonings > - incorporating the the idea or improvements into the next > release > - every release must be deposited in a storage area and kept > there for certain time The svn and bzr take care of this > - removing old versions from the official storage will when > support for that version is > no longer feasible Why? The code is GPL. Let the old code live in SVN > - annoucement is sent to all members when old version is no > longer supported Currently, the website and this forum get the announcements , if we are on this forum, looks good... I have just registered the project on freshmeat (http://freshmeat.net/ projects/web2py) so the announcements should start appearing on FM too... Maybe we should announce on icewalkers too? > - There must be board of directors selected from the exiting > members to decide the > direction of web2py While governance is good, it comes with the risk of bureaucracy and slow decisions and sometimes arguments. > > web2py Documentation : > - all releases must have documentations for each new feature > and stored in an > official site togther with web2py framework There is an official book, several videos, wiki pages etc. The community around web2py is trying to build up an excellent new wiki. This group is very active and usually you can get response in < day. So while more is better wrt docs, the current status is reasonably good > - access to web2py should be limited to members only > web2py members: This goes against the philosophy of OSS.. Sorry, not feasible. > - all members must pay a fee to hire students to write > documentations, to test > integrate applications into web2py framework, and to > cover some of Massimo's > expenses > - the fee will be determined by the board of directors, my > suggestion is 20 USD > per month > - all fee paying members will have all access to > documentation and real time > anwers for the creator, of course , that is Massimo I don't think Massimo will take money to answer to forum posts or provide support. The commercial companies around web2py have to fulfill that role. I guess Massimo is more keen on developing web2py code, building a community and teaching. I'd also think any book revenues are 'side-effects' but not done for the purpose of profit. Moreover, while $20 looks ok to you, many people in developing countries can have 30 meals with $20. To them it may be very expensive. They may have the time to read code and learn hands-on... My $0.02 Regards Anand > Any suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Best Regards: > dbb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
