On Jan 29, 2012, at 2:37 PM, drew wrote: > On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 18:11 -0500, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: >> Drew, >> Sorry for late reply…. >> >> On 25 January 2012 13:20, drew <d...@baseanswers.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I put this request to the infra ML the other day, but likely should of >>> put it here first. >>> >>> I would like to get a copy of the Drupal code currently running the >>> extension and template sites. >>> >>> After re-branding, of course, and other changes TBD would use this for >>> distribution with the Small Business Server VM I'm working on - >>> specifically: use as a OTB local repository service. >> >> What would be a real use case scenario? Being concrete here would be >> useful, though I doubt it would affect the decision. > > Sure - A number of school systems, in the US, as an example setup local > repositories. There is one instance I've heard of of a corporations that > do the same thing. As best as I can gather the drivers for this decision > is: Security and Corp. IT desktop configuration. So instead of saying > here is a list of all acceptable extensions and then installing all on > every desktop a repository is setup withe the vetted and accepted > optional extensions (or locally produced extensions) and the end user is > allowed to install from that set, as needed, to their local > configuration. > > Now OOo of course offers the ability to have a shared location for > templates right out of the box already - however this is not an optimal > solution for all network configurations. > > So - when I refer to a local repository I'm referring to a repository > sitting behind a corporate firewall or within their intranet if you > will. > >>> >>> License wise for the custom modules etc, from what I gather would have >>> to be GPL2 or newer so for hosting of custom pieces sourceforge would >>> seem a natural fit in this case :) >>> >>> Speaking of SF - I suppose it could be done that way also, instead of >>> getting the code via ASF, acquire it from SF. >> >> Yes, but I tend to think, from experience, that centralizing efforts >> actually helps things, though SF is such well-trod territory that I >> doubt there'd be surprises. My reasoning has to do not with proximate >> location but license coherence. Not much of an issue here, now, but it >> could be, as we are all aware. >>> >>> Anyway not a big rush for my purposes but would like to get the ball >>> rolling if possible. >>> >>> Any thoughts, suggestions would be most welcomed. >> >> If I understand you rightly, I think the more ideas you have on this >> subject you are willing to share, the better. >>> > > There are of course three options: > > 1 - start from scratch > 2 - start from an existing implementation > 2a - the OOo site > 2b - the LibO site > > I already know I could use the LibO site, however some of what was added > work flow wise probably doesn't make a lot sense for this purpose. (of > course I could be wrong on that and this needs to be looked at in more > detail) The license on the LibO Pootle based implementation leaves me a > bit cold also.
FWIW - I have implemented an Apache CMS based site within a corporate firewall. Not too hard and I think that Joe has made changes recently to make the Apache CMS more easily configurable. Regards, Dave > > Thanks for the questions. > > Best wishes, > > //drew >
