Hi all, We're in a tricky situation. I'm seeing people working on slightly different directions here. We must make sure we're not wasting anyone's energy and time around the new website. So, I'd like to propose a meeting to discuss CMS, Design and Release Plan to make sure we're all on the same page. The meeting could be next Monday (May 11) 9h UTC. What do you think?
Some quick personal notes on those topics: CMS I'm very worried about the the sustainability of Plone as our CMS, especially in terms of available man power and long-term support. It's been almost 3 years and still don't have a basic website running on Plone... We can't afford to have the new website totally unmaintained/broken/outdated/etc just some months after the migration because we don't have anyone capable of maintaining it inside our community. We need some sort of maintenance and evolution plan. And, unfortunately, this might involve redeciding which CMS to use. But, before any redecision or rediscussion on this topic, I'd like to hear from Carsten and other volunteers actively working on the Plone implementation. Design IMO, we should take this opportunity to bring a refreshed look to our website. Andreas and Vinicius are working on an improved look and feel for the website. This is *not* about short term html fixes on the current website. This is something that still needs to be agreed as it might involve some changes on the way we organise the content on the website. This also has implications on our Release Plan because we need to decide whether we put the new design as a goal for the new website or not. Release Plan IMO, we don't have to hurry, really. It's more important that we do the right thing than to quickly release something (and be careful to not lose focus on getting things done). We should probably attach our release schedule to GNOME 3.0 which is planned to be released by 2.30 (beginning of 2010). In practice, this means we should have milestones for each upcoming GNOME release (i.e. 2.28 and 2.30). We can probably release the website before 3.0 but it's quite important to have a clear schedule reference. I understand that we're in a very good moment to get things done and that some people (Paul, Carsten, and others) are actively working on making the new website happen right now. It's not my intention to pushback the current momentum. The bottom line of this proposed meeting is to step back a bit and make sure we know that we're doing the right thing and doing it consistently. Cheers! --lucasr _______________________________________________ gnome-web-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-web-list
