[openi18n-im:01301] Re: Communications & Tools for the project

As we want to ease the contributions of information, here are some of the 
options of tool that we can migrate:

1. Trac (mentioned by tagoh-san) http://www.edgewall.com/trac/
  Features:
  - Wiki
  - Issue tracking (bug tracking system)
  - Interface to svn
  - Timeline tracking
  - Roadmap tracking (number of features/fixes within version; A clean way to 
track features through this way)

  Comment: Admin probably need less resource than number two as it is all 
integrated within one solution. It maybe less powerful than bugzilla as bug 
tracking.

2. Normal Wiki (MoinMoin?) + Bugzilla
  - Wiki
  - Most of the large open source projects uses bugzilla. So to minimize the 
barrier of entry for user to post bugs
  - Features tracking can be track through reporting and system in bugzilla 
and link to Wiki

  Comment: Going to be needing higher resources. However MoinMoin can spawn 
into couple copies for different sub-groups within openi18n.org if other 
groups are desired on a collaboration tool.

Let me know what are the other options and how do you like these options.

Regards,
Leon


On Friday 04 March 2005 12:37, Jens Petersen wrote:
> Leon Ho wrote:
> > Inwards communication accelerates our development.
> > Outwards communication increases wider adoption of the project.
>
> Yes, this is the key point. :-)
>
> > Web page for IIIMF. Any improvement on this area? Is it an info riching
> > area, and does it allow you to request/add information easily?
>
> I don't know how to log into the website,
> so I'm not able to contribute to it.  I haven't used
> postnuke much either I'm not really in position to judge
> how well it fits our needs.  It would be good to revamp
> in the near future though IMHO, and try to improve the layout
> and organisation of information.
>
> Currently the website is not very actively maintained - for lack
> of time by the core developers understandably. :)  I think
> we need to share the maintenance of the website better;
> with delegation I'm sure we can improve it significantly.
>
> > Should we use tool like like Wiki? How much information on IIIMF you
> > want to share but there aren't any place for it?
>
> As the project is growing and gathering a userbase and community
> for this project to flourish we really need a dynamic Wiki site
> where the community and developers can work together on notes,
> project plans, support information, faq's, and so on.
>
> > Bug Tracking system. This is important because it is a central place for
> > user/QA/Developers to exchange information. Have we used it well enough?
> > If not what is the obstacle that prevent you using it?
>
> Again I'm not able to access my account here: so having never
> used mantis I can't really judge its capabilities or ease of use.
> I wonder if we wouldn't be better off using bugzilla, which is being
> used widely by many FOSS projects these days.
>
> Without good issue tracking, we're not going to see a significant
> improvement in quality of iiim.  Up to now we've basically been using
> our own Bugzilla system to track bugs, but we really need to track them
> at the project level for maximum leverage for everybody.
>
> Jens