On 11-03-03 11:54 AM, Robert Hollingsworth wrote:
It has occurred to me that it would be useful to create
an "Open-Source Project Starter Kit," a file structure
consisting of the means to create and maintain a
project, with none of the actual content. It's skeleton
website definition would simply point at the
unpopulated management components.
[...]
Any ideas out there on the feasibility of something like
this, how to construct, etc.? I know a starter kit such as
this would be most attractive to the GITA audience I'll
be speaking to if it as close as possible to being a
one-button operation.
Hi Robert,
I think it would be challenging to come up with an "Open-Source Project
Starter Kit" that really works. I mean, launching and running an open
source project is not only about making the source available under the
right project infrastructure and tools, it is also in large part a
different way to build and manage software and its community of users
and developers, and this knowledge does not come in a box.
The book "Producing Open Source Software" could be a good starting
point: http://producingoss.com/
My personal advice to anyone willing to launch and run a successful open
source project would be to join and contribute to existing successful
open source project for a little while, then try to immerse yourself in
the way they do things, and apply those tricks to your project.
Daniel
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Daniel Morissette
http://www.mapgears.com/
Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000
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