Thanks Jacopo,
This seems indeed the better way to go for service providers. I agree also
about the better template sent afterwards.
The reasons I agree:
* It would be now companies responsibility for supplied information
* The PMC can check and guarantee the quality and veracity of supplied
information
If others agree, we need now to define the maximum number of characters allowed
for companies description
Questions:
The "Apache OFBiz Service Providers"
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+Service+Providers will be
removed, right?
Should we (PMC) not first review the current descriptions and reuse them if possible? On the other hand, deleting the page and beginning anew could
have some advantages. Mostly removing deprecated/not-maintained information and no have the responsibility of the companies description contents if we
have to adapt them (like having to change it because of length, content, etc.)
What about the "Apache OFBiz User List" page, notably the "Products and Projects
based on Apache OFBiz" section?
Jacques
Le 24/02/2014 11:26, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit :
On Feb 20, 2014, at 10:20 AM, Jacopo Cappellato
<jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxmedia.com> wrote:
* I would like to review examples from other ASF projects doing the same; in
this thread it was mentioned that several other projects are doing the same; I
don't have time to research but if a volunteer could provide a list of projects
and URLs of such documents I would be happy to review them
I have reviewed all the URL with examples of other ASF projects that you all
sent me (thanks) and here is my preference:
1) the (new) page containing "service providers for OFBiz" will be hosted in
the OFBiz website as a static html page (not in the Wiki, but we could leave the existing
one there): this means that only committers will be able to edit it
2) the page will have a list of companies sorted in alphabetical order; only
the name of the company (clickable, opens in a new browser tab the company's
website) and a short description are allowed (we will define the maximum number
of characters allowed); in the description the company can mention any
information they like (committers, services provided, location, etc...)
3) in order to appear in the page, a company will have to send a mail to the
OFBiz PMC, with the exact text to be included in the page
4) the PMC will review the proposal, will check if the company respects the ASF
guidelines (trademarks etc...) and then will start a private vote; if the vote
will pass (majority, not veto) then the company will be added to the page; if
the vote will not pass, the PMC will prepare a response with detailed reasons
for the rejection; of course the company could always fix them and resubmit a
proposal
5) over time the PMC may review the list and vote for the removal of some
companies (if they violates ASF guidelines, if they are no longer operating on
OFBiz etc...)
I like the text in the Cayenne site (http://cayenne.apache.org/support.html );
following a similar template the OFBiz page could look like this:
==============================================
*Commercial Support And Consulting*
If your company also provides commercial services supporting Apache OFBiz,
please drop a note to the OFBiz PMC (private at ofbiz dot apache dot org),
we'll review your request and add a note to this page.
• AAA. This is the description of the first company in the list.
• AAB. This is the description of the second company in the list.
• AAC. This is the description of the third company in the list.
==============================================
Jacopo
