Hi Stefan, * -- This DOES sound interesting! I will definitely take a look and hopefully, help in some way! Also Ivan mentioned "server-side JS"...this is somewhat different than client side JS. Server-side JS or any reasonable server-side scripting/dynamic server tools would be a BIG plus for us! :)
Stefan Taxhet wrote: > Hi, > > Ivan M wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Stefan Taxhet <[email protected]> >> wrote: > >>> we are starting the preparations to move the OpenOffice.org main site >>> from the CEE framework to a new infrastructure. You may have heard of >>> Project Kenai which is the basis for kenai.com, odftoolkit.org and >>> netbeans.org. >>> >>> We have a migration project at kenai.com that will help us to stay in >>> touch even if the old site is no longer available and the new one is not >>> yet ready. Feel free to join "ooo-migration" on kenai.com and subscribe >>> to the list there, work on issues, ... >>> So if you have a bit spare time over the holidays make yourself >>> familiar with Kenai ;-) >>> >>> I'll send another heads-up as soon as we have a staging site ready. >> >> This is great news! Could you please outline some of the advantages of >> migrating to Kenai? > > First of all I would be happy to have the current functionality on a > platform that scales well. Even better is to see a path where > improvements have a chance to be implemented. > >> For example, will server-side scripting be >> available? Wikipedia says Kenai is built on "JRuby, Glassfish V2, and >> MySQL databases" but from a quick look at the wiki, it suggests PHP >> may also be available - this could be useful in improving the >> one-click download functionality by figuring out the language from the >> HTTP header and potentially relying less on JavaScript. > > I'm not sure whether the use of Javascript is a real problem. > But I see your point. Today we found ways to run applications > implemented in scripting languages in the (services.)openoffice.org > domain. This is not a standard option of the new framework. > But we can discuss a tighter integration of scripting driven > applications as a second step. > >> Also, will we >> be able to (in the future) have a unified login for wiki, forum, etc? > > Yes, see http://kenai.com/projects/kenaiapis/pages/AuthAPI > >> I can only imagine that the migration is going to be a huge feat, so >> I've signed up and will help where I am able. I hope this will be the >> beginning of many great possibilities for the OOo website! > > Great, I'm glad that you as well as others join the effort and continue > the talk at discuss at ooo-migration.kenai com > > Greetings > Stefan > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "You affect the world by what you browse." -- Tim Berners-Lee [hmmmmm..... ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
