Re: Central GNUstep software index?

On 23 Apr., 00:32, Riccardo <mul...ngi.it> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> > PLEASE try to add/update things! I haven't seen
any change requests so
> > far and this experience is important for your
evaluation.
>
> I think the idea is nice. It doesn't look even that bad
on my
> computer, so I guess it is font/browser dependant.
Sure, a bit of
> color and style tweaking can be used as well as some
logos.
>
> As far as the content, I'd say:
>
> - the licenses should be more specific? Recent
discussions stirred up
> for "GPLv2", GPLv2+ LGPL...". Maybe two
licenses possible for each

Adding to the list of licenses is simple (I think it is just
an
array() of options). Adding multiple options is more
complex.

> project too
> - Somebody already proposed the "umbrella
project"

The easiest thing would be to just add the umbrella project
as a
standard entry. And list all components in the description.
This would
initially not link it. But one could use <a
href="swi?obj=1235"> to
make the list a clickable link. Finally, the best option
would be to
add a reference in the database and automatically display
it. This
also needs some mechanism that you can attach/detach a
subproject to
the umbrella project (and protect against circles).

 Not always there is
> a single author

You can simply list them separated by a comma.

> - two rss feed aggregation? Sourceforge offers a news
and a file RSS
> which could be aggregated

I think RSS browsers can aggregate that. So each RSS source
should be
kept separately.

>
>   languages available could be of interest too.

Good idea.

>
> If changes can be checked by a couple of admins so that
updates and
> additions can be everyone's effort, it sounds good.

Yes, is available. To become an admin, one must register and
define a
password. And someone with direct access to the SQL database
sets the
"permissions" field to "manage". An
admin can approve/reject any
change request.

>
> More ideas will coem with use.
>
> Riccardo
>
> PS: everything should be done in GnustepWeb to show our
power, but
> let's not overdo it.

So, to me it appears that there comes some consensus that it
should be
used and extended.

To do so, I think we should move the source code to the SVN
repository
of the GNUstep pages - and somehow make it useable on the
gnustep.org
web page. Then, we can use GNUstep bugtracker to handle
improvement
reqests as well. And all developers with SVN access to the
repositories can work e.g. on the CSS styles.

What we also need is a MySQL database. Well, this raises one
issue -
the config file contains the host name, the user id and the
password
of the MySQL database in clear text. So we should better NOT
publish
it - unless it is a "localhost" where a firewall
protects against
external MySQL connections.

Who could help with that technical setup?

Nikolaus
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