On Tue, 13 May 2003, guenter geiger wrote:
Part of this is already there, as an idea at least, its the CVS. I think it is very important that the documentation, translations, help patches etc etc go closely together with the software, otherwise it creates lots of work to keep them in sync.
(coming in late to the thread)
I have been thinking of proposing Forrest http://xml.apache.org/forrest/index.html
for a PD documentation framework for some time. I have had some experience with it (and Cocoon, on top of which Forrest is built), and would volunteer to create/maintain it.
Any other Cocooners out there?
I can also investigate hosting options (for a Cocoon site, we'd need Tomcat or JBOSS or Jetty as servlet containers)...
From the Forrest website:
" Forrest's focus on low "startup cost" makes it ideal for rapid development of small sites, where time and budget constraints do not allow time-wasting HTML experiments. By separating content from presentation, providing content templates and pre-written skins, Forrest is unequalled at letting content producers get their message out fast. This makes Forrest great for project documentation (notably software projects), intranets and home pages."
It is XML-based, and provides huge advantages for long-term documentation and project tracking.
I am not advocating that we launch into Cocoon for the PD portal, however (though that -could- be a good idea), since I suspect that Zope-like solutions might be easier to develop maintain...
Thoughts?
D
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