Hallo, Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
a blog would be much better for news and announcements since blog's are very good for promoting discussions.
Plone also does provide "Discussion" for (at least) News items, that enable slashdot-like interaction focused on a certain, current topic.
As for 'Exchange' I actually really like this idea. I think it would be awesome to have an informal place to swap patches. Finished patches should go into the CVS, but it would be great to have an exchange for works in progress, simple demonstrations, etc.
I also would like to encourage "Exchange". Maybe it doesn't have to be a folder on its own, but more a kind of "item" in Plone like another kind of News-item.
I think that the Developer section is actually useful as something separate from downloads and docs. I think that dev downloads and docs should be included in the downloads and docs sections respectively. The Developer section is all about who is doing what, how to join, etc., like is listed on the structure in the Wiki:
- how to join the [SourceForge project|http://pure-data.sf.net] - list of current projects/developersI don't see this content fitting in elsewhere, except pure-data.sf.net, but I think that pure-data.org should be THE central site for all info.
But isn't this just developer information and thus does belong to Doc->Dev ? And isn't every Pd user a developer, too (of patches)?
I think having this as a separate section highlights that pd is a very open system, and that _anyone_ can join in and contribute, whether it just be a couple objects, or more substantial work. So the Developer section should be all about getting people to join the central project so that their objects become part of the central distros.
Well, maybe I'm beginning to see your point. So we have bascially two target audiences: Pd users and Pd developers. Of course both groups mix. In the interest of de-cluttering the navigation, how about moving the "Members" entry in the tabs a stage deeper in favour of a "Community" tab up front. Community could host Exchange, blog/forum, list of Members, list of developers, of musicians using Pd,...?
I'm not decided on that, though.
ciao