[sakai2-tcc] We need a blog tool for Sakai 2.9

[Aaron Zeckoski]

thread hijacker!!!!
I agree that this should be a big concern. We get asked a lot if sakai
has a centralized place for plugins/tools like moodle and wordpress. I
think at least a few people have stayed away because it doesn't.
:-)
-AZ

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:32 AM, David Horwitz <david.horwitz at uct.ac.za> wrote:
>
>
>> We've been running away from decent package/feature/configuration management for years and it has caused significant pain and numerous concessions. It may be time to give it a proper treatment.
>>
>>
>
> To also hijack the thread :-) I agree - the issue we have had is that
> while developers have expressed interest (Steve G even blogged about it)
> no one institution has put forward any resources to this.
>
> Idea: How about we suggest the goal of the conference hackathon be an
> appstore proof of concept?
>
> D
>
>
>> Thanks,
>> -Noah
>>
>> On Mar 3, 2011, at 9:14 AM, May, Megan Marie wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Steve, you've raised a really excellent point about needing replacement functionality.     Since you've offered to drive this process, I'd like to take you up on that :-)
>>>
>>> It sounds like a couple others may be interested in helping - perhaps a small subcommittee could tackle this?
>>> Megan
>>>
>>> Btw - I think the suggestion of a survey is an excellent idea.  I'm always in favor of data driven decision making :-)
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: sakai2-tcc-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai2-tcc-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Fish
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 5:03 AM
>>> To: Jean-Francois Leveque
>>> Cc: sakai2-tcc Committee; Stuart Freeman
>>> Subject: Re: [sakai2-tcc] We need a blog tool for Sakai 2.9
>>>
>>> Okay, I'm with you. I do need to start cutting some tags. It's an indie release already, so it's ready for tagging.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Adrian.
>>>
>>> On 03/03/2011 10:01, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
>>>
>>>> So far I think it's only relevant for 2.6 and 2.7, it will soon be for
>>>> 2.8 and later for 2.9.
>>>>
>>>> AFAICT, inclusion into a release, local for 2.6, 2.7 or 2.8 or
>>>> official for 2.9, most likely implies branching and tagging.
>>>>
>>>> Please forgive me if I'm wrong or asking too early for 2.9.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> J-F
>>>>
>>>> Adrian Fish a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> I don't understand what you mean by clog only having trunk. How is
>>>>> that relevant to it being in 2.9?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Adrian.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/03/2011 09:26, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Steve,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I already need one for 2.8, and as soon as 2.8.0 is released, I will
>>>>>> have to try a replacement for Blogger. I'd really like to choose one
>>>>>> that will be in 2.9.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/CLOG/Home
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Only has trunk right now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BW/Home
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Only has recent activity in trunk.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The first thing we want to know is if those projects want to go
>>>>>> through the incubation process. It seems it's the case for both, but
>>>>>> I'd like the current teams to answer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am happy to help this process, even if others are interested.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will welcome documentation about running those projects with Sakai
>>>>>> 2.8.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> J-F
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve Swinsburg a écrit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We've talked about this a lot but never actually got anywhere
>>>>>>> except to pull Blogger from the release. Whilst I understand the
>>>>>>> reason behind pulling an unsupported and dated tool, I do feel that
>>>>>>> not having a replacement is a sad state to get in. It reduces the
>>>>>>> feature set and makes Sakai as a product less competitive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So I want to reignite the discussion for getting a blog tool in our
>>>>>>> sights for Sakai 2.9. We have time to get that tool through the
>>>>>>> incubation process, whatever that is.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> AFAIK there are two candidates, Clog, and BlogWow.
>>>>>>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/CLOG/Home
>>>>>>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BW/Home
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am happy to drive this process if no one else interested.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>
>>> --
>>> ==================================
>>> Adrian Fish
>>> Software Engineer
>>> Centre for e-Science
>>> Bowland Tower South C Floor
>>> Lancaster University
>>> Lancaster
>>> LA1 4YW
>>> email: a.fish at lancaster.ac.uk
>>>
>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/YAFT/Yaft
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