[Building Sakai] [Management] Sakai 2.7 Projects

[Thomas Amsler]

+1 UC Davis is using it in production

Best,
-- Thomas

On Jul 2, 2009, at 12:09, Steve Swinsburg  
<s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> I'd like to see TinyUrlService in 2.7: http://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/contrib/tinyurl
>
> It's a very simple API that provides methods to shorten a URL, then  
> when followed gets redirected to the original, just like the other  
> URL shorteners around. I've heard from several institutions using it  
> in Sakai already.
>
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
> ---
> Steve Swinsburg
> Portal Systems Developer
> Centre for e-Science
> Lancaster University
> Lancaster
> LA1 4YT
>
> email: s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk
> phone: +44 (0) 1524 594870
>
> On 02/07/2009, at 6:50 PM, Michael Korcuska wrote:
>
>>
>> As preparation for the project planning meetings next week, I'd like
>> to identify those projects that would like to be considered for the
>> 2.7 release.   I can think of quite a few possibilities at this time:
>>
>> * Gradebook 2 (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SG2X/Gradebook2
>> )
>> * Assignments 2 (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/ASNN/ 
>> Home)
>> * Terracotta (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TERRA/Home)
>> * SiteStats (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/STAT/Home)
>> * Oxford's "Portal Hierarchy" (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/
>> noD3)
>> * OpenSyllabus (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/OSYL/OpenSyllabus+Home
>> )
>> * Profile 2 (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/PROFILE/
>> Profile2)
>> * Conditional Release (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/CR/Home
>> )
>> * SMS (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SMS/Home)
>>
>> I'd also like to see if there is interest in getting a very simple
>> version of content authoring (page authoring) in 2.7, but no project
>> for this really exists at this time. (http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/Content+Authoring
>> ).
>>
>> Are there other projects that people would like to see in 2.7? Please
>> reply to the list and add the project reference to this wiki page:
>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/MGT/Possible+2.7+projects
>>
>> Remember that, under the new Product Development process these would
>> be classified as R&D projects.  While we are still working out formal
>> criteria for moving between the stages, to move to the incubation
>> stage is currently quite simple. We essentially require that:
>>
>> * The project owners declare their interest in having their project
>> included in the release
>> * Documentation for the project is brought up to date on the Sakai  
>> wiki
>> * The project teams commits to creating a plan/schedule for  
>> completing
>> the project (this doesn't need to be completed to enter incubation,
>> but a project won't leave incubation without such a plan)
>> * At least some members of the community express interest in seeing
>> this as part of the standard Sakai release (eventually, even if not
>> for 2.7).
>>
>> From there we would begin to look more closely at the project to see
>> what it would need to do to be considered ready for release. This may
>> include looking at technical, design, support, internationalization,
>> accessibility and other aspects of the project.
>>
>> I know we may be significantly changing release procedures (a kernel
>> release followed by a series of tool releases) but I don't want this
>> thread to spin into a discussion about that. I think we can have a
>> useful discussion about what we'd like to see ready for broad
>> community use regardless of the release procedures we use.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Michael Korcuska
>> Executive Director, Sakai Foundation
>> mkorcuska at sakaifoundation.org
>> phone: +1 510-931-6559
>> mobile (US): +1 510-599-2586
>> skype: mkorcuska
>>
>>
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