On 08/03/11 07:09, Daniel Morissette wrote:
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
And I'd extend Daniel's comment to suggest that in 95% of cases,
someone's contributions are significantly more valuable if they extend
an existing project rather than start another project and compete for
users and developers.
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