Bernd Eilers wrote: > Misusing the ability of the issue tracker to have attachments as a > version control systems is IMHO not a good idea.
I vote Bernd for president! Yes, I agree with you 100%, absolutely. I strongly believe that you should use the appropriate tool for each job. IssueZilla is based on BugZilla which was designed for tracking bugs. Adding files was a nice "addon" to help people explain bugs better, by uploading misbehaving files (for example). IssueZilla is *not* a version control system. I think OOo suffers terribly from trying to use IssueZilla for everything. People mis-use IZ as a version-control system. They mis-use it as a content management system. It's crazy! If you have a task that is best done with a VS system, use CVS. If you have a task that is best done with a CMS, use Plone. If you have a task that is best done with a wiki, get a wiki. In the case of art, I would go even further. I'd say even CVS is not ideal. Sure, version control is "nice", but it's not a terribly important issue for art. For art, I'd say that simplicty is more important. I think that a CMS system works best for art. With a CMS you don't have to generate SSH2 keys, you don't need to get special software, you don't need to learn a new set of commands. Anyone who has been using a browser for some time can figure out Plone pretty quickly. At least enough to go to a folder and upload a file. Alas, stupid SourceCast doesn't allow us to use Plone. Oh well, then let's setup a CMS elsewehre. Make a new site. Call it http://oooart.org. And use it to upload files quickly. Make it the new art page for OOo. Cristian, if you're interested, let me know. I'll help you get setup. > >If the attached work is final and not an intermediate version, > > Open Source Philospohy number one: release early release often. > There is no such thing as canīt be released because itīs not yet final ;-) +1 !! Absolutely. Yet another problem at OOo. See my sig: "I don't want it perfect, I want it Tuesday" > You donīt really mean to have the result of the work being just a couple > of deep-links into attachments for issues, do you? > > If there shall be a gallery of downloadable graphics those > 'final/product' graphics should IMHO be stored completely separtely from > the issuetracker, shouldnīt they? +1 Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.org | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
