+1 for this, i am desperately waiting for someone to do do this :)
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Terri Oda <te...@zone12.com> wrote: > Background for folk new to this discussion: > > Currently, all user information is stored in Mailman core, but it's > minimal: a real name, a set of email addresses, subscription info, and > preferences. Barry suggests that it should stay minimal: only the things > Mailman needs to know to correctly deliver mail (which actually doesn't > include "real name" but let's leave that as a legacy item for the moment) > > It's pretty likely that future features of Mailman will want to attach > extra information to users. Some of it will be social-y stuff like user > icons for HyperKitty to display in the archives. Other things include > metrics like "when did this person last post to the list?" or "how many > posts have they made over the lifetime of this list?" One thing I know of > is that Systers requires a short essay for all new subscribers, explaining > why they want to join the list. (And they're considering porting this > feature to Postorius, which means we potentially want an answer to "where > will the extra profile data get stored?" before their students start > coding.) > > So... > > I think we've sort of agreed that it would be best if whatever we built > just had a rest interface and hyperkitty/postorius/whatever would talk to > it through there, and could share data that way, but we need a simple > prototype that folk (particularly students) will be able to start using, > and there's still some internal architecture decisions that need to be made. > > Does anyone have time to build such a thing or write up some short > architectural documents so a student could build such a thing in relatively > short order? It doesn't have to be the perfect final design, but we > probably need a basic starter api for adding, accessing, editing and > possibly even removing profile data. > > Thoughts? > > Terri > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Mailman-Developers mailing list > Mailman-Developers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/mailman-**developers<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers> > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/** > mailman-developers%40python.**org/<http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/> > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/**mailman/options/mailman-** > developers/varunsharmalive%**40gmail.com<http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/varunsharmalive%40gmail.com> > > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9