> > Obviously, I have drastically slowed down my work on Satchmo of late. The > primary reason is that I have not been doing much (if any) django related > work so I lost my momentum with Satchmo. I still read the lists, approve > emails and do some minor patches/pull updates but that is about it. It is > much harder for me to evaluate patches and contribute when I am not > actively using the product. >
> All that being said, I continue to believe in Satchmo and think there are > tons of good things we could do with it. I'm open to ideas on how to move > it forward. I think the biggest help would be if users volunteered to play > a more active role in developing new ideas and fleshing out how to > implement them. I'm not asking anyone to take over the project but do need > help from the experts in this group to get it moving again in the right > direction. > > Developing software that you are not actively using must be really hard. What if a group of core commiters was formed? If these commiters are managing or developing Satchmo projects actively it will be a lot more natural for them to maintain the source. It might also be a good idea to have commiters that are specialized in a specific aspect of Satchmo: like products, settings, payment, shipping ... etc > We could focus on a couple of items: > - Getting some of the newer Django features included in Satchmo > - Implementing some of the cool additions that you may have already done > - Triage some high priority tickets > - Building a custom admin to make it easier to manage the store > - Probably lots of other items.... > I have some very general ideas of how to improve Satchmo, but lack the vision for a concrete roadmap. Basically, I think that Satchmo should be more of a library than an app. That would make it infinitely easier to customize a Satchmo site, but installation could be kept easy via "skeleton" or example sites included in the project. > Anyway, I am open to feedback but need some of your input to help get > things moving again. > > -Chris > > -Chris > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 6:07 PM, m1chael <[email protected] > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> It would be nice to see more active discussions on this list. >> >> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Malcolm MacKinnon >> <[email protected]<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> > This is an excellent question, one that I've been meaning to ask, and I >> hope >> > some of the active developers weigh in with a response. I developed a >> web >> > site with Satchmo that is generating a good return for my company, and >> the >> > stores that use it to order products are very happy with the results. >> I'm >> > using version 0.9.3 with Django1.4, modified the code to suit my needs, >> and >> > it's obvious a lot of thought and work went into the code. It does >> concern >> > me the Satchmo user group is not more active. It would be nice to see a >> up >> > to date road map for the project or at least some comments from Chris >> and >> > some of the others at least monthly on http://www.satchmoproject.com. I >> > understand everybody is busy though.... >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:16 AM, Avraham Serour >> > <[email protected]<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> I hardly believe that no further development is necessary, it even >> didn't >> >> reach version 1 >> >> I also feel sad that development is not so active. >> >> In any case, no releases doesn't mean abandoned, you can safely use the >> >> development version. >> >> >> >> good luck >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Philip Lee >> >> <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi, >> >>> >> >>> I'm just downloaded Satchmo and am impressed by how quickly and >> easily I >> >>> managed to get things up and running. However I notice that there >> isn't much >> >>> activity on this or on the developers forum and no releases for >> coming up to >> >>> 2 years and that it doesn't run on Django 1.5 - is this an indication >> that >> >>> Satchmo is withering on the vine or simply that that it has reached a >> state >> >>> where little or no further development is thought necessary >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Regards >> >>> >> >>> Philip >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >>> "Satchmo users" group. >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an >> >>> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> >>> To post to this group, send email to >> >>> [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users. >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >> "Satchmo users" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> >> To post to this group, send email to >> >> [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "Satchmo users" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Satchmo users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. 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