Hi Matthew, Glad to see someone else interested in the same idea. I prefer not to get into assembling/building software myself to do the job, but would like to use a packaged solution, preferably open source. One issue is that I don't have the skill or the inclination, and another reason is long-term maintainability. I've been thinking about doing a survey of CMS and bulletin-board software to see if any have the features that we require (I am modeling our requirements on The Mathworks FileExchange). Didn't know what Turbogears was until I looked it up just now. "Web application framework" is a new concept to me and seems a little intimidating. You're more than welcome to take over the technical aspects or help guide me.
I don't know how much effort would be required to run a Sage FileExchange, and so I am glad that there is more than one person willing to help. I'd be very interested in helping set it up, and paying for hosting if that's required. I am not so sure about a continuous long-term committment to moderate and maintain the site. Let me know your ideas, regards, Hazem On Sep 27, 2:45 pm, Matthew Turk <matthewt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Hazem, > > I'm somewhat new to using SAGE, but in my research group we're all > picking it (and the FEMhub project) up pretty quickly. I think a hub > like this would be a great idea, and it's something I've been thinking > about as well. A light Turbogears backend for a document storage > system would be very convenient and easy, and by putting in some kind > of API for upload/download this could be accessed directly through the > notebook interface directly. > > I'd be very interested in helping with this kind of project. > > -Matt > > On Sep 26, 11:22 am, Hazem <hazem.biqa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Just a suggestion: The Sage project should set up a site analogous to > > The Mathworks FileExchange, where Sage users can exchange categorized > > scripts, compiled files, etc designed to solve specific problems. > > People can rate and comment on others' submissions, make requests, > > link documentation or external resources, etc. > > > This would be immensely useful for both users and for Sage > > development. Quality peer reviewed code can be made part of the Sage > > distribution. The user base is also expanded because of Sage becoming > > more useful to the general public through specific examples and > > problem solutions. Users have a chance to contribute their work and > > get acknowledged. People meet other people interested in their area of > > application, resulting in more collaboration. > > > Unfortunately, I don't know of software that allows one to run a site > > like FileExchange. If you have any suggestions, I'm all "ears". I will > > help set up such a site and perhaps moderate it if the Sage team asks > > me to. > > > Best wishes > > > Hazem --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
