--- Joachim Werner <joe@iuveno-net.de> wrote:
Is there a product for Zope which would give functionality similar to the sourceforge.net site?
Some people at EuroZope are thinking of building such a beast (call it a groupware/project management system for distributed software development and distribution or so). But as far as I know there is nothing real out there right now, just building blocks, like bug trackers etc.
Actually, what I need is a product to allow the application of open-source-like methodologies to software, documents, hardware, artwork, and other various types of projects. My site isn't going to be just a software site, but will encompass all sorts of different things.
Zope is the right platform to build something like this, and all the specific needs such a system has (discussion lists, bug tracker, download zone, rating, user management, ...) have been addressed in various other Zope products, but there is no "full package" yet.
Well, I've got CMF 1.0 and Squishdot installed, so that covers users (although not the way I'd like it, unless I misunderstand CMF, which is very possible) and news/discussion. Now I need project tracking with uploads/downloads, a "jobs available" board and a "I'm available for work" board (again, just like sourceforge.net). That would get me started. I'm sure I'll add lots of other stuff later, but these are the things I need. It's tempting to install the SourceForge code, but I don't like that idea; it has Perl in it. :-P Besides, so far, the site is completely Zope-driven; I'd like to keep it that way. BTW, this is for a non-profit organization. If anyone is working or has worked on something like this, I'd love to talk or maybe I could convince you to do some volunteer work. Drop me an e-mail at basil_arrick@yahoo.com .
Any volunteers?
I volunteer our organization's site as a live testbed for this product once it is in beta testing. We should hopefully get a decent amount of traffic. Thanks for the help. ===== ------------------------------- Darin "Basil" Arrick basil@homestead.org http://www.homestead.org/basil ------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/