(Disclaimer: I'm speaking for myself, not for UserLand.)

I would first write a list of requirements before deciding on
SourceForge or some alternate model.

Think about things like:

1. How high should the barrier to entry be for new programmers? (For
example, not every Frontier/Radio developer will be familiar with cvs
or WebEdit, but most of them are probably familiar with uploading a
file via a Web browser.)

2. Do you want to develop new software for accessing the repository?
Do you want to develop new software for hosting the repository? Or is
there existing software that will fit the bill?

3. How much time is available for setting this up? In other words,
when do you want to launch?

4. Is this for developers or is it for users? In other words, do you
want to set up a way for developers to collaborate, or are you more
interested in a way for Frontier and Radio users to find software
(via a directory or something like that).

5. Pop up a level. Is a collaborative system one of the features that
has to be in place for the ScriptMeridian re-launch?

List five or so features that have to be there -- mailing list, site
re-design, etc. Is this on that list?

If not, then what I would do is find a benevolent dictator to run the
SuperStress project, set up a mailing list for it, and go the
informal route. Use email. By the end of that process all the
participants should have a much better idea of what a Frontier/Radio
collaborative system should look like.

-Brent

At 1:22 PM -0500 2/22/02, Emmanuel. M. Decarie wrote:
>Read on the web at http://community.scriptmeridian.org/16148
>----------------------------------
>
>A (At) 13:14 -0500 22/02/02, Bill Kearney ecrivait (wrote) :
>>Uh, here's an idea, why don't we use SourceForge? Wouldn't it be
>>better to take
>>advantage of existing software and network infrastructure before we
>>run around
>>reinventing the wheel?
>
>I might be wrong, but I heard that CVS (on which I think SourceForge
>is based) doesn't handle well binaries. So for Frontier/Radio roots,
>we are toast.
>
>Cheers
>-Emmanuel
>--
>______________________________________________________________________
>Emmanuel Decarie / Programmation pour le Web - Programming for the Web
>Frontier - Perl - Javascript - XML <http://scriptdigital.com/>

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