Re: filestat - a different perspective

How many pyBlosxom users are not Python hackers? My bet is nearly none.  
pyBlosxom have just enough functionality to us v.s. a complete blogging  
application. We are happy to hack the rest to suit the way we want.

Perhaps we should really rebrand pyBlosxom not as a blogging application  
like MovableType but a toolkit for building your own blog. Keep improving  
the framework to meet the hacker users' requirement but not necessary  
doing the work for them. Build a plugin registry to help users to assemble  
their own blogs quicker. Keep the core small, that's what makes it  
hackable. It is always possible for someone to independently start a  
project using pyBlosxom to build a complete application out of it.

I still think it is good to have at least one decent template as a  
demonstration. Kust so not to turn off new users before they have a chance  
to evaluate it.

Wai Yip

> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, David Ascher wrote:
>>
>> Speaking for myself, the problem is that the strengths of blosxom for
>> one audience:
>>
>>   - the simple text-file formats
>>   - the 'simple' publishing model (create a file)
>>   - configuration through config.py
>
> The way I view PyBlosxom is that it's not for "users" in the general
> sense.  I would never tell my mom she should use PyBlosxom.  I tell most
> of my friends (some of whom have degrees in Computer Science) to use
> LiveJournal.  I see PyBlosxom's audience as other
> developers/hackers--people who just want a framework to build off of.
>
> I realize that disenfranchises a lot of people and that some will  
> disagree
> and/or dislike this "mission".  And I also realize gearing things towards
> hacker-types doesn't necessarily get us out of the business of making
> things work better out of the box.
>
>
> I think what you and Lee are talking about (I just read your response to
> Lee's message) would help to satisfy both camps and possibly simplify
> portions of the existing PyBlosxom codebase as well.
>
>
>> Again, think of Zope vs. Plone.  Zope does it all, but as far as I can
>> tell, Plone makes it more accessible to a broader set of users.  I think
>> the same dichotomy applies here, and the same synergies can apply.
>
> Maybe we should slim down PyBlosxom some more into a pyblosxom-core
> package (details to be figured out at some later date).  Then have "New
> Project" either extend the pyblosxom-core or interface with it.
>
> /will
>
>
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