On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 02:04:32PM +0100, Martin Aspeli wrote:
I think it's worth displaying some sensitivity to the context of Google Summer of Code here. I too worry that PAULA may throw the baby (PAS) out with the bathwater.
However, GSoC is an excellent incubator of R&D, and has secondary goals such as bringing more people into the community and engaging with students so that they become the future contributors of our projects. Shooing them down in flames is not going to help.
I see my work clearly in the R&D area, too, and I would like to take it as an opportunity to get further involved with Plone and Zope development. Sorry, if I am kicking off flames on the way there ;)
I wish that some of these discussions had been had in the open so that more people could weigh in. However, most people who aren't used to the open source way (and plenty who are, even) find it difficult to address a whole community on a public mailing list and understand the nuances of the responses. That very thing is part of the learning curve that GSoC seeks to address.
point taken
On balance, I think it's great that Florian is exploring new territory here. PAULA may or may become a part of Zope and/or Plone in the future. It may be that we use bits of it and let other bits evolve separately. It may be that it dies, but at least then we have a clear idea about what PAU is and what benefits it can bring. The notion of having a bridge component certainly sounds sensible to me.
So, please, let's not be too harsh until we've seen the final product and given it a fair chance.
thank you very much for supporting my idea florian PS: Did you intentionally not post to plone-developer's? As all of them are on zope-dev, too?