CMS20060917MeetingLog

ira 17 19:03:13 ryan	who's here for the meeting?
ira 17 19:03:30 Zapata	how about selecting a moderator and forming an agenda
ira 17 19:03:34 ryan	toya said she would be right back
ira 17 19:04:18 ryan	well, for an agenda it can be: 1) organizational topics, 2) reportback on cms research, 3) planning for next round of cms research
ira 17 19:04:21 ryan	:D
ira 17 19:04:30 Zapata	0) Introduction
ira 17 19:04:46 Zapata	2) will be a bit short presumably without sarava
ira 17 19:05:25 *	humble (humble@localhost) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 19:05:37 Zapata	as part of 1) I'd like to add a text I prepared clarifying some of the issues raised during last meeting and last week
ira 17 19:05:46 Zapata	shall we start, people?
ira 17 19:05:47 txopi	i would add one more point: priorization of the features
ira 17 19:05:53 toya	pronto
ira 17 19:05:54 toya	uff
ira 17 19:05:57 PseudoPunk	let's start. 
ira 17 19:06:02 txopi	let's go
ira 17 19:06:20 *	ekes nods
ira 17 19:06:20 txopi	who is going to be the moderator?
ira 17 19:06:42 toya	i could do it
ira 17 19:06:53 Zapata	that would be great!
ira 17 19:07:01 *	boston has quit (Client Quit)
ira 17 19:07:01 txopi	perfect, we can start
ira 17 19:07:08 *	boston (boston@xxx.xxx) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 19:07:39 toya	so is alright 
ira 17 19:07:44 toya	can i do it>?
ira 17 19:07:49 Zapata	you can...
ira 17 19:07:51 Zapata	let's go
ira 17 19:07:59 Zapata	let's not make it another 4.5 hour long meeting
ira 17 19:08:17 txopi	:D
ira 17 19:08:19 PseudoPunk	longer or shorter ? :p
ira 17 19:08:20 *	joaop (taken@localhost) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 19:08:20 toya	yah cuz i have to do indymedia brasilia radio show in 3 hours
ira 17 19:08:21 toya	;)
ira 17 19:08:26 *	joaop (taken@localhost) has left #cms
ira 17 19:08:30 *	joaop (taken@localhost) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 19:08:36 *	Devin (Devin@xxx.xxx) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 19:08:52 toya	so we do introdctions first or ppl dont  think that is a need to?
ira 17 19:09:10 alex	i don't really think that's needed. we did that last week and many people already know themselves
ira 17 19:09:17 alex	unless there is someone veto-ing this
ira 17 19:09:32 toya	anyone?
ira 17 19:09:43 *	ekes wasn't here last week, but think people know me
ira 17 19:09:50 Zapata	I don't need it... but perhaps there are new people...
ira 17 19:09:51 Clopy	I missed the last meeting, so I can introduce myself if needed
ira 17 19:10:02 qwerty	me too
ira 17 19:10:12 txopi	jonhattan is new. i think an intro roud is good
ira 17 19:10:23 alex	well then just go ahead and do it
ira 17 19:10:24 toya	alright so lets do it
ira 17 19:10:35 toya	i call ppl
ira 17 19:10:37 toya	and they do it
ira 17 19:10:40 toya	bertagaz: 
ira 17 19:10:52 toya	bertagaz: u there?
ira 17 19:10:59 *	alex is from imc-germany, admin and server admin. we use mir, i did some mir-documentation.
ira 17 19:11:15 alex	(i think everyone just doing it now doesn't hurt, we don't need an order methinks
ira 17 19:11:31 *	jonhattan has been around indymedia for a long time. It's my first time uin this discussion so I'll be in listen mode. btw I'm from the canary islands, using dada and planning to move to drupal
ira 17 19:11:33 *	mat from CMI Buenos Aires, Indymedia Argentina. Server admin and other tech on indymedia and linefeed
ira 17 19:11:35 Zapata	I'm max aka zapata from the mir coders and indymedia.nl. <end>
ira 17 19:11:40 toya	toya from imc brasil
ira 17 19:11:49 boston	Rob, Boston IMC, I like screensavers of puppies and long walks on the beach.  I'm helping research Drupal for this project.
ira 17 19:12:07 txopi	i'm basque imc collaborator. we use mir. i'm quite techy but with you guys it's difficult to say that :-)
ira 17 19:12:08 ryan	ryan -> sf-active/sf-imc
ira 17 19:12:09 *	ekes is from imc-uk (mir), imc-york (drupal), admin and minor server admin
ira 17 19:12:23 PseudoPunk	I'm bart, somewhere in belgium and sf-active coder 
ira 17 19:12:53 humble	scott from vancouver - imc experience active -> sf-active -> dada -> drupal  .... (gotta take the dog for a walk, brb)
ira 17 19:12:55 *	joaop from imc brazil
ira 17 19:12:57 rhatto	i'm rhatto, brasil.indy admin
ira 17 19:13:26 yossarian	yossarian, imc-uk, unsuccessful mir coder
ira 17 19:13:37 Zapata	ow come on!
ira 17 19:13:39 yossarian	:)
ira 17 19:13:40 *	toya invites ppl to just introduce themselves
ira 17 19:13:42 Zapata	you're just starting
ira 17 19:13:51 *	qwerty and Clopy have been members of Athens indymedia for 3 years untill last year's split of the collective. We've developed TikiMedia [tikimedia.org], an indymedia codebase base on TikiWiki, but we stopped maintaining it. Now we're working on a plone extension for Indymedia sites
ira 17 19:13:56 alex	(when do we want to fight about which list to use?)
ira 17 19:14:02 Devin	\me is in Chapel Hill, NC, USA
ira 17 19:14:02 Devin	have been closed involved in IMC Richmond and hung out with Tampa bay folks; 
ira 17 19:14:02 Devin	mostly interested in contributing tech/learning tech/helping as tech
ira 17 19:14:02 Devin	\me own own business as web applications programmer, like to contribute
ira 17 19:14:02 Devin	put together test install of Bricolage based on request from last week - 
ira 17 19:14:04 Devin	working on getting a report of that online now (as wiki was down last I checked)
ira 17 19:14:05 *	diogo (diogo@localhost) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 19:14:10 A-Kaser	I'm francois, Belgium, I have a hosting system and I have make the www2 mirror of UK IMC
ira 17 19:14:11 toya	diogo: se apresenta
ira 17 19:14:31 diogo	Hello , Im Diogo from Indymedia Brazil-Sao Paulo and guardachuva.org 
ira 17 19:14:59 toya	;)
ira 17 19:15:00 *	gdm is from imc-uk and global tech/process/features stuff - more of a sysadmin than a programmer
ira 17 19:15:20 gdm	maybe even more of a networker than actually doing much ;-)
ira 17 19:15:35 toya	anyone else?
ira 17 19:15:40 toya	anyone else?
ira 17 19:15:40 *	vitor is from imc-brasil -> some experience in drupa, plone
ira 17 19:15:41 *	Alster (alster@localhost) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 19:15:57 alex	Alster: introduction. quick!
ira 17 19:15:59 toya	Alster: introduction time
ira 17 19:16:12 yossarian	pressure!
ira 17 19:16:18 toya	hehe
ira 17 19:16:21 *	ionnek ionnek from imc uk, lurking here, not a techie.
ira 17 19:16:43 ionnek	... if thats ok with you
ira 17 19:16:50 Alster	again? well, it's here: http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Main/AlsteR
ira 17 19:17:07 toya	hehe
ira 17 19:17:15 toya	ionnek: yes it is :)
ira 17 19:17:45 toya	alright i would say if ppl havent done it yet..to just do it in the rest of the meeting in the more apropriated moments
ira 17 19:17:48 toya	:)
ira 17 19:18:08 alex	yeah, let's push agenda
ira 17 19:18:16 *	humble orain humble-afk bezala ezaguna
ira 17 19:18:20 toya	i would say we start it with zapatas 
ira 17 19:18:28 toya	since he want to present something
ira 17 19:18:36 Zapata	right...
ira 17 19:18:36 toya	then we continue ith the agenda 
ira 17 19:18:57 Zapata	well...
ira 17 19:19:05 Zapata	ok
ira 17 19:19:21 Zapata	the aftermath of last week's meeting was a bit tumultuous
ira 17 19:19:46 Zapata	and I fear some misconceptions exist about the nature of this project...
ira 17 19:19:52 Zapata	for this I have prepared some clarification
ira 17 19:20:07 Zapata	I'd like everyone to read this and then to discuss the points I have made for a bit
ira 17 19:20:32 Zapata	http://dev11.mir.dnsalias.net/clari.html
ira 17 19:20:48 Zapata	let's take a couple of minutes to read this
ira 17 19:21:27 mat	...long...
ira 17 19:21:40 toya	alright
ira 17 19:22:10 Zapata	mat: it has a lot of whitespace ;-)
ira 17 19:22:21 ryan	heheh mat
ira 17 19:22:28 toya	so lets wait for ppl to read it and then if anyone has questions just said it, we will call the names by the orders ppls raises their hand ..and when ppl are done with the question just say it
ira 17 19:23:57 *	txopi has a bit off-topic question
ira 17 19:23:59 *	boston raises
ira 17 19:24:20 <toya>	txopi: go
ira 17 19:24:24 toya	then boston 
ira 17 19:25:01 *	alex raises
ira 17 19:25:05 txopi	i would like to know witch is dada's situation. becasue we are searching a replacement for mir + active-sf... and dada?
ira 17 19:25:26 *	Zapata raises in response to txopi
ira 17 19:25:43 toya	ok
ira 17 19:25:57 toya	Zapata: answer it and then boston and alex 
ira 17 19:26:09 Zapata	so, the status of dada is an interesting question
ira 17 19:26:22 Zapata	I have heard rumours that the sole developer of dada doesn't answer any emails anymore
ira 17 19:26:25 Zapata	but I'm not sure...
ira 17 19:26:44 Zapata	perhaps somebody is willing to investigate this out before next meeting?
ira 17 19:26:46 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 19:26:51 toya	ok boston 
ira 17 19:26:55 *	boud arrived late - i'm from imc poland, local torun collective, starting to learn ruby (object-oriented language written someone from japan)
ira 17 19:27:41 boston	First, thanks for taking the time to do this.  Not sure what people had the most issue with myself but whatever the reason glad to address it ahead of time.
ira 17 19:27:45 boston	Question is, Zapata (and all, perhaps), how much do you think the ability to migrate the data itself should be a part of this very initial consultation?  I hear it on all the drupal-dev list all the time, the request for migration scripts.  Or is that too much investigation for the first rounds?
ira 17 19:27:46 boston	end
ira 17 19:27:48 *	zule (zule@xxx.xxx) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 19:28:01 *	Zapata would like to respond to boston's question
ira 17 19:28:54 toya	Zapata: go and then is alex
ira 17 19:28:57 Zapata	I would assume we will not have a big problem writing migration scripts to the cms we'd choose.
ira 17 19:29:20 Zapata	given that, I would suggest we take this into account in a next phase, for instance when we have a shorter list of candidates
ira 17 19:29:21 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 19:29:27 alex	as jeff put it so well, "at the risk of mortal danger" i want to bring up a key decision again. was it actually consensus at techmeet to not start from scratch, but use an existing cms? i have the impression that outside of techmeet and Zapata really pushing this, it is not yet agreed on by everybody, so we should clarify that.
ira 17 19:29:51 *	alex done
ira 17 19:30:19 ryan	i can answer
ira 17 19:30:21 *	Zapata raises in response :-)
ira 17 19:30:37 toya	ok 
ira 17 19:30:45 toya	ryan answeers this time alright zapata?
ira 17 19:30:52 toya	just to change a little :P
ira 17 19:31:03 alex	just go ahead and if zap wants to add he can..
ira 17 19:31:20 ryan	i think the reason it keeps coming up is because one of the requirements we talked about was a bigger developer base
ira 17 19:31:28 ryan	so not necessarily an existing cms
ira 17 19:32:00 ryan	so, also discussed were adopting a framework
ira 17 19:32:06 *	txopi suggest to talk about the mailing lists issue after finishing with Zapatas text
ira 17 19:32:06 *	jonhattan raises on dada situation topic
ira 17 19:32:10 ryan	like a web framework that could be extended into something indymedia could use
ira 17 19:32:37 ryan	so, i dont think there is a set decision about new/scratch cms/framework etc
ira 17 19:32:38 *	ekes raises
ira 17 19:33:01 ryan	but a requirement that was decided on is expanding the developer base (for example, by adopting a cms project which has an existing base)
ira 17 19:33:05 ryan	end
ira 17 19:33:07 *	Zapata raises 
ira 17 19:33:08 <toya>	ok, txopi that will be included tothe agenda, jonhattan u next
ira 17 19:33:16 toya	then ekes then Zapata 
ira 17 19:33:17 *	Zapata raises to add something to the response to alex
ira 17 19:33:36 toya	hmm ok
ira 17 19:33:54 toya	Zapata: do it and after u is jonhattan and then ekes 
ira 17 19:33:57 Zapata	I'd like to add that I think using an existing cms has more chance of succeeding
ira 17 19:34:07 Zapata	new projects often do not finish
ira 17 19:34:20 Zapata	but ofcourse we may not find a suitable existing cms
ira 17 19:34:25 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 19:34:34 toya	jonhattan: u now
ira 17 19:34:40 jonhattan	I confirm the only dada developer does not respond mails <end> :)
ira 17 19:34:51 toya	ekes: u
ira 17 19:35:02 ekes	If the base line is to create a mir sf-active clone from existing cms then we probably don't need to talk to the users - much (although finding out gipes would help in deciding which is
ira 17 19:35:06 ekes	more appropriate.
ira 17 19:35:07 *	Zapata raises
ira 17 19:35:09 ekes	If there is the chance it is to do more than mir and sf-active now, and using a framework would give that scope (and some other cms') then involving people constructively will
ira 17 19:35:31 ekes	will make it possible to find out what cms' there are there, and what people actually use.
ira 17 19:35:42 *	Zapata raises in response to jonhattan and in resposne to ekes ;-)
ira 17 19:35:43 ekes	<end>
ira 17 19:36:09 toya	ok Zapata answer both then
ira 17 19:36:37 Zapata	I would like to know whether jonhattan can tell anything about plans by imcs now using dada... is there a plan to migrate for instance?
ira 17 19:36:42 Zapata	and on ekes' points
ira 17 19:36:48 Zapata	I think we should start focusing on a replacement
ira 17 19:37:06 Zapata	but, we should keep in mind that IMCs will want new features and take that into account
ira 17 19:37:14 Zapata	that's why there are the two lists of features/requirements
ira 17 19:37:34 Zapata	I think the involvement of general users will become more important once there's a short list etc
ira 17 19:37:36 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 19:37:40 *	toya would like to know if everyone understood the points zapata explained on his clarifications..related with the what we want and what we wish lists...and if anyone else has more questions
ira 17 19:37:52 *	jonhattan hand raised by zapata
ira 17 19:37:57 toya	jonhattan: go
ira 17 19:38:06 jonhattan	The dada list is dead 
ira 17 19:38:28 jonhattan	I'vent hear anything about migration plans but a little in imc-drupal-dev 
ira 17 19:38:35 *	aneleh (aneleh@localhost) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 19:38:42 jonhattan	<end/>
ira 17 19:38:58 toya	ok so anyone else?
ira 17 19:39:14 *	boud has question for clarification about zapata's statement
ira 17 19:39:20 toya	go boud 
ira 17 19:39:43 boud	This is a request for clarification from zapata: i don't understand how we can overcome the problem of "the overworked developers of mir and sf-active" if some of us treat things like open participation on a public mailing list and people getting to know each other as "non-issues". i also don't understand how zapata can respond to the WhoWeHave page by suggesting that he may delete the page and stating "what the fuck is the purpose of that". 
ira 17 19:39:49 boud	On 12 September, Zapata wrote:
ira 17 19:39:51 boud	20:55 <@pietro> im wondering if i should add myself to WhoWeHave
ira 17 19:39:54 boud	20:56 <@Zapata> I'm wondering if I should delete that page
ira 17 19:39:56 boud	20:56 <@Zapata> wtf is the purpose of that
ira 17 19:39:59 boud	end
ira 17 19:40:14 *	Zapata raises in response ;-)
ira 17 19:40:38 Devin	oiy
ira 17 19:40:46 *	humble-afk orain humble bezala ezaguna
ira 17 19:40:55 toya	ok first i want to ask ppl to not pust anything here to personal ;) and keep the focus on what we are building here 
ira 17 19:41:02 toya	Zapata: go
ira 17 19:41:51 Zapata	on the list issue: I would like to move that to after the discussion of my clarification.
ira 17 19:42:06 Zapata	on the issue of the whowehave page:
ira 17 19:42:14 Zapata	I apologize for hte language I used
ira 17 19:42:23 boud	 /me ok :)
ira 17 19:42:35 toya	alright cool :)
ira 17 19:42:37 Zapata	but I still find the page a bit patronizing
ira 17 19:42:49 Zapata	especially the "have" part... makes me feel like the slave...
ira 17 19:43:07 Zapata	anyway, I also consider this a minor issue... my reaction mostly had to do with the frustration I felt at that point
ira 17 19:43:11 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 19:43:16 *	boud raises
ira 17 19:43:19 toya	;) 
ira 17 19:43:23 toya	ok boud
ira 17 19:44:02 boud	well, i agree with that criticism - something like WhoWeAre would be better - thanks for the explanation, i agree that this bit is explained now :) 
ira 17 19:44:09 boud	end
ira 17 19:44:15 toya	nice
ira 17 19:44:26 toya	alright first i would like to ask if everyone here know that are 2 lists?
ira 17 19:44:31 toya	imc-cms@lists.indymedia.org
ira 17 19:44:42 toya	and cms@techmeet.org
ira 17 19:44:56 toya	some might be in one and some in another and some in none
ira 17 19:45:19 toya	during the past week we have discussing bout this and we all decided that we should pick one list for hte project
ira 17 19:45:54 toya	the diferencies here arent just hte domain
ira 17 19:45:59 toya	but also the lists configurations
ira 17 19:46:19 toya	so i am not sure how to move this process
ira 17 19:46:31 toya	cuz i am not sure what we want for the lists configurations
ira 17 19:46:33 toya	;)
ira 17 19:46:48 *	Alster notes there's also cms@lists.indymedia.org which is pending for removal
ira 17 19:46:55 toya	ahh
ira 17 19:46:58 toya	yah right
ira 17 19:47:09 *	ryan can add
ira 17 19:47:11 toya	i guess we can discard that to not make more mess
ira 17 19:47:19 toya	<-proposes
ira 17 19:47:33 toya	ryan: go
ira 17 19:47:39 *	boud five parameters are listed in http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-cms/2006-September/0912-ng.html
ira 17 19:47:47 *	boud well, sort-of-parameters
ira 17 19:48:20 *	toya ask for ppl to look on that link and think of them as what we could use for list configuration points
ira 17 19:48:40 ryan	for the record, i just set up the list last week because thats what we talked about
ira 17 19:49:06 ryan	the configuration options can be whatever
ira 17 19:49:41 ryan	i dont think i gave it much thought when i put up the list
ira 17 19:50:05 ryan	anyway, i just think someone should propose a configuration and we go with it here
ira 17 19:50:23 toya	so maybe first we should decide over the configuration and then the domain..cuz configuration can be changed in any of the lists servers
ira 17 19:50:24 ryan	hopefully there wont be much disagreement
ira 17 19:50:24 ryan	end
ira 17 19:50:37 toya	anyone ants to propose it?
ira 17 19:50:42 toya	wants
ira 17 19:50:54 toya	-------------------  cms at techmeet   imc-cms at l.i.org
ira 17 19:50:54 toya	* public archives:        NO                 YES
ira 17 19:50:54 toya	* users can see full subscriber list:        NO                 YES
ira 17 19:50:54 toya	* anonymous IPs:          ???                YES
ira 17 19:50:54 toya	* other listwork          ???                YES indymedia hacks:
ira 17 19:50:56 toya	* listed on lists.i.org   NO                 YES
ira 17 19:50:59 toya	-------------------------------------------------------------------
ira 17 19:51:00 *	boud raises correction to error in http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-cms/2006-September/0912-ng.html
ira 17 19:51:04 toya	those are the ponits bouds listed
ira 17 19:51:15 *	txopi raises his hand
ira 17 19:51:19 toya	boud: ok
ira 17 19:51:19 *	gdm raises
ira 17 19:51:38 boud	should be:  users can see full subscriber list:       YES    YES
ira 17 19:51:47 <toya>	txopi: u after it and then gdm
ira 17 19:51:51 txopi	for me imc-cms list&server configuration is right
ira 17 19:52:02 boud	except that people need to ask mailman for their password, get their password, and then they can look up the users list
ira 17 19:52:03 txopi	especially the first one
ira 17 19:52:17 txopi	for me anonymous IP is not a problem
ira 17 19:52:17 boud	i'm just talking about present parameters
ira 17 19:52:19 boud	end
ira 17 19:52:21 txopi	end
ira 17 19:52:43 toya	gdm
ira 17 19:52:57 gdm	should have public archive, should be available (i.e. at least linked from l.i.o), users visible but in non-spam format is advantage.
ira 17 19:53:18 gdm	other listwork hacks is probably good as welll, but i don't know what they all are
ira 17 19:53:28 gdm	should definitely be no recording of ips
ira 17 19:53:34 gdm	<end>
ira 17 19:54:32 <toya>	ok so there is gdm s proposal - which seems to have txopi consensus on it 
ira 17 19:54:43 *	txopi is has
ira 17 19:54:50 *	gdm raises to make proposal if no one else wants to comment
ira 17 19:54:58 toya	do it gdm
ira 17 19:55:57 gdm	ok. i propose to use the list on lists.indy - but to have the list admins from the techmeet list also be admins if they want - i.e. Zapata and ryan (i think it is). 
ira 17 19:56:48 *	Zapata already is
ira 17 19:57:01 toya	ok
ira 17 19:57:18 toya	any has anything to add, ask etc related to gdm proposal?
ira 17 19:57:34 *	txopi doesn't understand the proposal :-(
ira 17 19:57:48 *	Devin just needs url to subscribe and is happy
ira 17 19:57:49 toya	to just keep the indymedia list
ira 17 19:58:01 *	gdm raises
ira 17 19:58:06 toya	gdm: go
ira 17 19:58:48 gdm	i also want to make sure that everyone recognises we are appreciative of the effort to make the cms list as well by ryan, and this mainly seems to have been a miscommunication somewhere. so thank you ryan :-)
ira 17 19:59:06 gdm	<end>
ira 17 19:59:32 *	Zapata wonders whether txopi and everyone else understands the proposal now
ira 17 19:59:33 ryan	hehe :)
ira 17 19:59:52 toya	well i wonder if the silence is an agreement
ira 17 19:59:57 *	txopi wants to talk
ira 17 20:00:05 <toya>	txopi: go
ira 17 20:00:30 txopi	so we are going to use imc-cms.i.o? ok for me
ira 17 20:00:45 *	boud moderator could ask: "Does anyone have any concerns about this proposal?" and give another 60 seconds deadline for anyone to object or ask for more time
ira 17 20:01:00 txopi	end
ira 17 20:01:15 toya	<-lag
ira 17 20:01:20 toya	"Does anyone have any concerns about this proposal?"
ira 17 20:01:45 toya	ok i would say if anyone has any concern
ira 17 20:01:55 toya	if anyone isnt against it
ira 17 20:02:04 toya	to put up on the topic the link to 
ira 17 20:02:18 toya	where ppl can subscribe to the list and we includ it on the summary as well
ira 17 20:02:35 toya	60 seconds for object
ira 17 20:02:43 toya	or ask questions etc
ira 17 20:03:33 toya	ok so gdm do u have the link to the list subscribing page?
ira 17 20:04:03 toya	next item 
ira 17 20:04:05 toya	would be
ira 17 20:04:06 toya	2. reports on the cms review process so far
ira 17 20:04:08 toya	?
ira 17 20:04:12 *	Zapata raises on the agenda
ira 17 20:04:17 toya	Zapata: go
ira 17 20:04:30 *	Alster thinks it's https://lists.indymedia.org/imc-cms
ira 17 20:04:31 Zapata	I wonder whether there are any more concerns related to process issues
ira 17 20:04:40 Zapata	if not we can go on
ira 17 20:04:42 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 20:04:50 *	gdm http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-cms
ira 17 20:04:58 toya	thanks
ira 17 20:05:01 *	boud both urls are correct ;)
ira 17 20:05:01 *	ekes raises
ira 17 20:05:07 toya	ekes: go
ira 17 20:05:57 ekes	just saying am happy with process if people are clear it is immediate replacement (and are telling people this in their collectives) and will be asking questions (something like I e-mailed) in the future
ira 17 20:06:01 ekes	end
ira 17 20:06:34 *	yossarian notes that if people are going to raise, and make a long point, they could probably type it out in a separate text editor window before they raise, to save time., if possible
ira 17 20:06:44 yossarian	(obviously sometimes it's not)
ira 17 20:06:47 *	gdm raises
ira 17 20:06:54 toya	ok if ppl are all alright with it we should move on to the next topic
ira 17 20:06:59 toya	gdm: go
ira 17 20:07:05 toya	yossarian: thanks for the suggestion
ira 17 20:07:10 gdm	sorry - dont understand what ekes means by "immediate replacement"? /end
ira 17 20:07:14 *	vitor_ (vitor@localhost) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 20:07:32 toya	ekes: ?
ira 17 20:07:32 *	boud too doesn't quite understand :(
ira 17 20:07:40 *	vitor has quit (Killed (hybserv.indymedia.org (Nickname Enforcement)))
ira 17 20:07:46 ekes	not looking longer term. just a like for like replacement - end
ira 17 20:07:55 *	Zapata notes that ekes means list replacement
ira 17 20:08:06 gdm	ahh - ok, thought you meant cms!
ira 17 20:08:10 *	vitor_ orain vitor bezala ezaguna
ira 17 20:08:25 ekes	no cms
ira 17 20:08:33 *	Zapata is puzzled as well now ;-)
ira 17 20:08:48 *	boud thinks "no cms" means "list, not cms" - ekes ?
ira 17 20:09:00 ekes	starts typing...
ira 17 20:09:37 ekes	That techs are telling their collectives that they are looking at making a like for like replacement of their cms mir/active/dada
ira 17 20:09:47 ekes	and that this will look and operate simlarly
ira 17 20:09:55 *	Zapata raises on ekes point
ira 17 20:10:06 ekes	and that soon when some alternatives are there there will be questions asked
ira 17 20:10:19 ekes	like those about the alternatives
ira 17 20:10:21 ekes	- end -
ira 17 20:10:36 toya	Zapata: go
ira 17 20:11:09 Zapata	perhaps it's better to do this at a later stage in the project
ira 17 20:11:24 Zapata	like, suppose we won't find a cms, then the solution may be different
ira 17 20:11:40 Zapata	naturally, we'll depend on the willingness of imc's to switch to any solution we make
ira 17 20:11:51 Zapata	and for this I would say we should have all the existing features
ira 17 20:12:10 Zapata	but even if we can't achieve all existing features, we'll still have to realize the current situation isn't sustainable
ira 17 20:12:24 Zapata	and we'll thus have to change it
ira 17 20:12:26 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 20:12:32 toya	ok i see 2 major things for now since we already moved frorm the list topic.. ;) 1 - is the cms reports 
ira 17 20:12:53 toya	2 - is more like a process thing..a list of the things we should think of to do this project 
ira 17 20:13:31 toya	cuz from both we can have a base to move on
ira 17 20:14:15 *	ekes nods
ira 17 20:14:22 toya	i would propose we do in here is to report back from the cms's, 
ira 17 20:14:37 toya	see what we can do for the next meeting
ira 17 20:15:03 toya	then
ira 17 20:15:14 *	Zapata notes his lag is terribly
ira 17 20:15:28 toya	<-mine too
ira 17 20:16:08 toya	we could just point out a list of things to do
ira 17 20:16:14 *	ryan can talk about sfa + plone reportback
ira 17 20:16:17 toya	like ekes was saying tetc
ira 17 20:16:58 toya	does everyone agress with it? we move to the cms reporst back and then we make a list for other things we need to do as well and figure out how we move from it 
ira 17 20:17:02 toya	for the next meeting
ira 17 20:17:07 toya	?
ira 17 20:17:12 *	Zapata fine :-)
ira 17 20:17:18 *	boud boud can talk about samizdat (angdraug is here, but lurking)
ira 17 20:17:19 *	ekes agrees
ira 17 20:17:21 *	ryan agrees
ira 17 20:17:38 *	PseudoPunk agrees too
ira 17 20:17:53 *	txopi agrees
ira 17 20:17:57 Alster	/me 2
ira 17 20:18:25 toya	ok so i would say ryan and then boud
ira 17 20:18:27 toya	;)
ira 17 20:18:32 toya	for the reports
ira 17 20:18:57 ryan	ok so first, this site is worth checking out for us -> http://www.opensourcecms.com/
ira 17 20:19:01 *	Devin can do bricolage
ira 17 20:19:18 ryan	its only php/mysql cms'es but they keep a bunch of demo site's operating so you can check each one out
ira 17 20:19:44 ryan	so, i just have some initial updates about the cms's i'm looking at 
ira 17 20:20:00 ryan	i havent gotten as far as to fill out the complete cms report on sarava
ira 17 20:20:13 ryan	update with sf-active is ->
ira 17 20:20:38 ryan	to note that this one can give us a chance to evaluate how much of a web framework we are looking for
ira 17 20:21:02 ryan	whereas something like drupal would allow us to extend an existing application framework with modules,
ira 17 20:21:14 ryan	sf-active represents a project which would extend a *web* framework
ira 17 20:21:20 ryan	in this case, its PEAR
ira 17 20:21:45 ryan	anyway, sf-active developers have been talking about tagging a release soon
ira 17 20:22:06 ryan	talking about a timeframe of like 10-14 days, i think
ira 17 20:22:34 *	toya would like to point out for the ppl who werent in the past meeting that if they want to also test/check some cms or even some of the ones ppl are reporting here  to say they want to  do it so,  after the reports are done
ira 17 20:22:51 ryan	then i can present to this group a survey of what PEAR offers and how hard it would be to extend this for an indymedia site
ira 17 20:22:54 ryan	....
ira 17 20:22:57 ryan	ok
ira 17 20:23:08 ryan	re: plone, i set it up on a box in my house but i can move it to a box with an external ip
ira 17 20:23:20 ryan	at the last meeting, pietro commented about plone being resource-intensive 
ira 17 20:23:37 ryan	and i think this cant be understated
ira 17 20:23:49 ryan	most stuff about plone is clear that it is mostly a good way to do an intranet 
ira 17 20:24:02 ryan	but consistently underperforms in high traffic situations
ira 17 20:24:14 ryan	which may be enough for us to disregard it right away
ira 17 20:24:24 ryan	but i'll have the CMS reports done in this coming week
ira 17 20:24:34 ryan	and also, i started to evaluate mambo so i'd like to add that to my list
ira 17 20:24:35 ryan	end
ira 17 20:24:45 toya	ok
ira 17 20:24:51 toya	boud: u 
ira 17 20:25:31 boud	WhatWeHave and WhatWeWant:
ira 17 20:25:31 boud	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/samizdat-devel/2006-09/msg00005.html
ira 17 20:25:31 boud	get started on ruby (oo language like C++/java):
ira 17 20:25:31 boud	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/samizdat-devel/2006-09/msg00007.html
ira 17 20:25:31 boud	ruby 1.6 http://rubycentral.com/book/
ira 17 20:25:33 boud	ruby 1.8 update http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/rubyOneEightOh.html
ira 17 20:26:37 boud	samizdat was created as a response to a prevous list of WhatWeHave/WhatWeWant type discussion among indymedia etc people
ira 17 20:27:24 boud	i don't know if people need some time to look through these in order to discuss...
ira 17 20:27:46 *	qwerty raises about plone
ira 17 20:27:48 Devin	uses rails or built from ground up in ruby?
ira 17 20:27:48 *	Zapata proposes to read them before the next meeting and discuss them then
ira 17 20:28:26 angdraug	Devin: no rails, Nitro/Og in plans
ira 17 20:28:59 toya	Zapata: reads what?
ira 17 20:29:14 angdraug	Rails is not friendly to multiple site per one code deployment...
ira 17 20:29:30 toya	qwerty: ok just wait for boud to be done 
ira 17 20:30:01 toya	boud: ?
ira 17 20:30:17 Zapata	the links boud pasted
ira 17 20:30:27 *	gus (guss@localhost) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 20:30:32 toya	ok
ira 17 20:30:35 gus	hello
ira 17 20:30:39 boud	well, my experience as someone who has not written in oo languages before is that it seems relatively easy to hack the code and learn the language, so doing systematic, well-designed stuff should also be easy
ira 17 20:30:40 toya	boud: u done?
ira 17 20:30:44 toya	ahh ok
ira 17 20:30:45 toya	:)
ira 17 20:30:54 boud	end  - but maybe angdraug wants to add something?
ira 17 20:30:55 boud	end
ira 17 20:31:14 toya	alright 
ira 17 20:31:18 toya	before moving to qwerty questions 
ira 17 20:31:22 *	boud oo = object-oriented
ira 17 20:31:24 qwerty	just to note that plone does need a modern CPU at least 2GBs of RAM for production sites, but scales well for high traffic. this is certainly a disadvantage but it has many other technical advantages and shouldn't be dismissed just for that reason IMO
ira 17 20:31:26 toya	angdraug: do u have anything to add
ira 17 20:31:45 qwerty	end
ira 17 20:31:48 *	toya wants to talk bout plone
ira 17 20:31:51 angdraug	no, I think the first link boud posted gives a good overview
ira 17 20:31:58 angdraug	end
ira 17 20:32:04 toya	ok so it is me
ira 17 20:32:05 toya	!
ira 17 20:32:19 toya	this thing with the traffic depends a lot on how u set it up
ira 17 20:32:26 *	kya (kya@localhost) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 20:32:29 toya	u can have somethign infront of hte zope doing cache
ira 17 20:32:44 toya	this resolve this part of t he problem
ira 17 20:32:49 *	boston would also like to add about plone
ira 17 20:32:58 toya	done
ira 17 20:33:04 toya	boston: u
ira 17 20:33:22 *	ryan will add something
ira 17 20:34:02 boston	Briefly, I use it at work and we dealt with millions in Katrina donations without having the site go down.  I would like to see ryan's traffic numbers.  I believe using the Five and CacheFu products would work for high traffic, though there are very valid concerns about system resources.
ira 17 20:34:02 boston	end
ira 17 20:34:23 toya	ryan: u
ira 17 20:34:46 ryan	stuff about plone noted, i'll continue to do all the research for it
ira 17 20:34:47 ryan	end
ira 17 20:34:49 toya	then is Devin ' s reports
ira 17 20:34:53 *	qwerty has also set up high traffic sites with plone. The 4th ESF site [athens.fse-esf.org] is one example
ira 17 20:35:12 Devin	Wiki appears to be down, so have copied and added some new info at:
ira 17 20:35:12 Devin	http://24.172.120.164:8080/2006/09/17/bricolage.html
ira 17 20:35:12 Devin	From my summary/analysis there:
ira 17 20:35:12 Devin	Disclaimer: this is the first time I've used Bricolage, and have really just had time to dip by toes in, so I reserve the right to be completely wrong about everything here and advise that I am surely wrong about at least some things.
ira 17 20:35:12 Devin	According to the documentation Bricolage was created to manage the
ira 17 20:35:13 Devin	content work flow for print newspapers, and has expanded to web and
ira 17 20:35:15 Devin	RSS/XML. But the way in which the content creation/edit/management is
ira 17 20:35:17 Devin	seperated from the published and publicly available content seems to be
ira 17 20:35:19 Devin	a big point, with some advantages and what I perceive to be fatal
ira 17 20:35:21 Devin	disadvantages.
ira 17 20:35:23 Devin	Having the content creation management in one place and then having it
ira 17 20:35:25 Devin	"pushed" to a second server where it is formated and made available to
ira 17 20:35:27 Devin	the public has advantages in easy replication/redundancy, quick load
ira 17 20:35:29 Devin	time of content which does not have to do database lookups.
ira 17 20:35:31 Devin	This sort of separation does not seem to be a good fit for our uses,
ira 17 20:35:33 Devin	though. It seems like the old paradigm of "I publish, you read" as
ira 17 20:35:35 Devin	opposed to user participation. Having the published content on a
ira 17 20:35:37 Devin	different server and in a system not directly connected to the database
ira 17 20:35:39 Devin	seems like it would create real barriers to setting up a system when
ira 17 20:35:41 Devin	users can easily comment on articles from each page, rate articles, have
ira 17 20:35:43 Devin	that kind of interactivity. Again, I haven't really tried to set this up
ira 17 20:35:45 Devin	so there may be solutions to it, but my feeling is that we would have to
ira 17 20:35:47 Devin	create this and it would end up being a hack which by-passed most of the
ira 17 20:35:49 Devin	functionality of Bricolage work-flows.
ira 17 20:35:51 Devin	have pasted report; available for questions.
ira 17 20:36:01 *	Zapata raises ;-)
ira 17 20:36:49 toya	Devin: u done?
ira 17 20:36:54 toya	if so then is u zapata
ira 17 20:37:01 Devin	done posting, waiting to answer questions
ira 17 20:37:06 toya	ok
ira 17 20:37:06 *	Anna (anna@localhost) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 20:37:08 toya	Zapata: u
ira 17 20:37:27 Zapata	apparently devin doesn't like mir, since mir works according to this separation as well ;-)
ira 17 20:37:43 *	Devin doesn't know MIR (or Java) at all, sorry
ira 17 20:38:07 Zapata	anyway, I acknowledge the disadvantage this separation has
ira 17 20:38:09 Zapata	but...
ira 17 20:38:13 Devin	if it works well there, lessons learned there might be applied to Bricolage, not sure
ira 17 20:38:34 Zapata	in indymedia practice enough can still be achieved... take for instance imc uk...
ira 17 20:39:14 Zapata	perhaps it's a general idea for more people to look at a bunch of existing codebases in practice...
ira 17 20:39:14 *	zule has quit (Quit: CGI:IRC (EOF))
ira 17 20:39:33 Devin	imc uk is MIR?
ira 17 20:39:39 yossarian	yes
ira 17 20:39:39 gdm	yep
ira 17 20:39:40 Zapata	this does not require looking into coding, but only in looking how a site works...
ira 17 20:39:43 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 20:40:05 *	gdm raiss
ira 17 20:40:23 gdm	quick response to devin - 18:27 < Devin> http://24.172.120.164:8080/2006/09/17/bricolage.html
ira 17 20:40:27 toya	ok
ira 17 20:40:38 gdm	imc wiki is back but just waiting for dns to propogate
ira 17 20:40:44 toya	gdm: u then is boston ..will report bout drupal
ira 17 20:40:46 gdm	https://212.18.240.237
ira 17 20:40:50 gdm	end
ira 17 20:40:51 toya	cool
ira 17 20:40:53 toya	:)
ira 17 20:40:58 toya	boston
ira 17 20:41:05 boston	The Drupal page on Sarava is http://techmeet.sarava.org/English/CMSSurveyReportDrupal
ira 17 20:41:08 boston	 
ira 17 20:41:08 boston	OpenSourceCMS has a demo of the latest stable version at http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=132
ira 17 20:41:12 boston	First round for Drupal was great.  While there's still a little more homework to do I was able to get most of it done and ekes was kind enough to fill in a lot of the blanks, so please check it out when the techmeet site comes back online.
ira 17 20:41:15 boston	Naturally some of it is also up for discussion, but from initial glances it's really looking like we can say 'yes' in Drupal to all the features we have as well as the majority of features we'd like to have.  In addition (and this still needs work) I believe there are several additional modules that would be of interest to IMCistas.
ira 17 20:41:18 boston	In short, I think feature-wise we're in really, really fantastic shape.  The stuff that will require serious discussions will probably revolve around the backend: db optimizations and redundancy, multi-site support, traffic concerns, upkeep and data migration.
ira 17 20:41:30 boston	thanks
ira 17 20:41:31 boston	end
ira 17 20:42:04 toya	anymore reporst?
ira 17 20:42:09 toya	reports
ira 17 20:42:17 Zapata	I have started to look at zope
ira 17 20:42:19 Zapata	installed it
ira 17 20:42:23 Zapata	read documentation
ira 17 20:42:36 Zapata	(the content management framework that is)
ira 17 20:42:40 *	toya asks ppl to put up the cache link for google withthe drupal notes
ira 17 20:43:01 <Zapata>	as this is a framework, as txopi has said during the last meeting, we might need a slightly different process for it
ira 17 20:43:15 Zapata	haven't gotten around to filling in the report, as sarava.org was out today :-(
ira 17 20:43:22 Zapata	will get back to this in the net meeting
ira 17 20:43:23 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 20:43:25 *	Clopy want's to add something to Zapata
ira 17 20:43:42 *	Clopy and ask something first
ira 17 20:43:43 *	ekes notes drupal cache doesn't have my additions
ira 17 20:43:48 *	toya would like to remember zope goes together with plone and is all in python
ira 17 20:43:48 *	txopi wants to talk about the wordpress report
ira 17 20:43:55 toya	Clopy: u
ira 17 20:44:25 toya	ekes: u mind passing the link and we put the complete page on the list when the wiki is up again so ppl can see the rest ?
ira 17 20:44:27 Clopy	That is what i wanted to ask Zapata: When you're reffering to Zope, you mean Zope + Plone?
ira 17 20:44:38 *	PseudoPunk has installed joomla and didn't find more time to work with it yet
ira 17 20:44:38 Zapata	zope + the contement management framework
ira 17 20:44:40 Zapata	without zope
ira 17 20:44:46 Zapata	erm
ira 17 20:44:48 Zapata	without plone
ira 17 20:44:55 Zapata	i.e. a framework, not a full cms
ira 17 20:45:12 Clopy	ok. That's it then
ira 17 20:45:19 toya	ok
ira 17 20:45:24 <toya>	txopi: u
ira 17 20:45:29 txopi	i just want to say that i haven't finished it :-) i will finish during this week and then send a message to the mailing list
ira 17 20:45:47 *	Zapata but so far? you have a test site ,right?
ira 17 20:45:48 txopi	and also want to propose something more for the general survey
ira 17 20:46:34 txopi	i propose to use the score column to evaluate each of the features (as i have been doing in wordpress report)
ira 17 20:46:48 *	boston raises in response
ira 17 20:46:54 ekes	Durpal notes from google cache before my additions 
ira 17 20:47:05 ekes	http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:-aVHyuwKdjUJ:techmeet.sarava.org/English/CMSSurveyReportDrupal+techmeet.sarava.org/English/CMSSurveyReportDrupal&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a
ira 17 20:47:06 txopi	we also have to prioritize the features
ira 17 20:47:32 Devin	yes, priorities are very important -- but may need wider input?
ira 17 20:47:55 *	Zapata raises
ira 17 20:48:03 toya	hi
ira 17 20:48:09 toya	oops
ira 17 20:48:15 *	txopi is writing
ira 17 20:48:15 Zapata	;-)
ira 17 20:48:26 *	toya reminds she has more 30 min or so then i will have to go to the radio to do imc show
ira 17 20:48:41 toya	so plz someone else pic up the job 
ira 17 20:48:43 Zapata	I'll take over if you want me to
ira 17 20:48:53 toya	ok thnks 
ira 17 20:48:59 *	boud raises about social aspect of plone/zope developers' group
ira 17 20:49:01 Zapata	ok
ira 17 20:49:01 txopi	and then we could calculate and index who can give us an aproximate value with: feature1's priority * cms's score on feature1 + ...2 + ...3
ira 17 20:49:08 txopi	end
ira 17 20:49:10 toya	sorry ppl but i will have to prepare things up will be afk for a little so it is with zapata
ira 17 20:49:15 Zapata	ok, boston?
ira 17 20:49:40 *	Zapata queue: /me then boud
ira 17 20:49:41 boston	I dig priorities but I personally left out the score column because, a) I didn't know if it was a priorities score or a 'can get the job done' score, and 2) i've seen 0-3 and 0-5 on different pages, so there's no set method now.  
ira 17 20:49:57 boston	could we discuss that now and make some decisions if we're going to use it?
ira 17 20:49:58 boston	end
ira 17 20:50:20 Zapata	ok, priorities might be discussed more easily when we have a bunch of finished reports
ira 17 20:50:44 *	txopi wants to answer Devin's question
ira 17 20:50:47 Zapata	I would say, we're only just starting and need to build a feeling for the surveys 
ira 17 20:50:48 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 20:50:51 <Zapata>	go, txopi
ira 17 20:50:55 *	Zapata queue: boud
ira 17 20:51:20 txopi	Devin, yes, we need wider input. score column is just for the final stage of the survey
ira 17 20:51:22 txopi	end
ira 17 20:51:47 Zapata	boud
ira 17 20:51:49 *	txopi wants to answer to boston
ira 17 20:51:56 Zapata	oh
ira 17 20:52:00 Zapata	please wait a moment boud
ira 17 20:52:02 <Zapata>	go ahead, txopi
ira 17 20:52:04 *	boud ok
ira 17 20:52:11 *	boud waits
ira 17 20:52:24 txopi	the reports that have used the score column have used 0-3 scale
ira 17 20:52:37 txopi	there is also 0-5 proposed, but not used yet
ira 17 20:52:48 txopi	anyway, of course we have to discuss this
ira 17 20:53:03 txopi	that's the reason i propose this issue now :-)
ira 17 20:53:04 txopi	end
ira 17 20:53:18 *	Zapata notes that it's a bit hard to discuss all this with an offline sarava
ira 17 20:53:21 Zapata	boud
ira 17 20:53:22 Zapata	go ahead
ira 17 20:53:49 *	mat have to go and say BYE
ira 17 20:53:58 boud	i'm a bit concerned about the social side of plone/zope - Zope calls
ira 17 20:53:58 boud	itself a corporation, and its customers are not the sort of groups
ira 17 20:53:58 boud	that we really would want to become too dependent on:
ira 17 20:53:58 boud	http://www.zope.com/customers/products_and_services_customers.html
ira 17 20:53:58 boud	Bank of America
ira 17 20:54:00 boud	US Navy
ira 17 20:54:03 boud	United States Navy / GE Jet Engines Workflow
ira 17 20:54:05 boud	http://www.zope.com/customers/case_studies/navy_ge.html
ira 17 20:54:08 boud	US Marines
ira 17 20:54:10 boud	http://www.zope.com/customers/case_studies/marine_corps_institute.html
ira 17 20:54:13 boud	http://www.zope.com/customers/case_studies/martest.html
ira 17 20:54:15 boud	http://www.zope.com/customers/training_customers.html
ira 17 20:54:18 boud	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
ira 17 20:54:20 boud	United States Department of Defense
ira 17 20:54:31 boud	this is not a veto of any sort, it's just one more parameter that IMHO we should probably be aware of
ira 17 20:54:35 boud	end
ira 17 20:54:52 toya	yah nasa uses zope/plone
ira 17 20:55:15 *	Zapata notes that people have made this point before... I guess it can be mentioned in the introduction of the surveys of said cmses
ira 17 20:55:18 *	boud PS: boud remembers the concern about the Ford Foundation grants from latin-american imcs...
ira 17 20:55:18 toya	so does the federal gov of brasil
ira 17 20:55:44 Zapata	but generally, open source can be used by anyone, including big bad corporations, that's the nature of open source
ira 17 20:55:44 *	qwerty wants to add something about zope/plone use cases
ira 17 20:55:52 Zapata	go ahead, qwerty
ira 17 20:55:53 *	toya would like to talk
ira 17 20:56:01 *	Zapata queue: toya
ira 17 20:56:17 qwerty	it's also being used by many NGO's, by the European Social Forum and the World Social Forum [wsf2007.org]
ira 17 20:56:28 *	boud raises
ira 17 20:56:35 *	Zapata queue: toya boud
ira 17 20:56:52 qwerty	and we are starting a indy media project in Greece that it will be based on plone
ira 17 20:57:02 qwerty	with additions for open publishing
ira 17 20:57:23 qwerty	we will have a prototype release very soon
ira 17 20:57:24 qwerty	end
ira 17 20:57:32 Zapata	toya, go ahead
ira 17 20:57:35 *	Zapata queue: boud
ira 17 20:57:38 toya	i dont see the zope/plone use for governments etc as the same thing as the ford fundation grants ....one is to accept money from an institution like ford fundation ..the other thing is to use a free software...which for the its license is free for anyone to use..even imc cms will be like this and it will be impossible for us to track
ira 17 20:57:43 toya	who is using it or not
ira 17 20:57:51 toya	if a governmet decides to use imc cms
ira 17 20:57:56 toya	if it is under gpl
ira 17 20:58:02 toya	we cant say no to it
ira 17 20:58:11 toya	so for me i dont compare both cases
ira 17 20:58:13 toya	end
ira 17 20:58:20 Zapata	boud: go ahead
ira 17 20:58:57 boud	i agree that it's not necessarily a reason to rule out plone/Zope.  On
ira 17 20:58:57 boud	the other hand, Zope seems especially proud of its military/corporate
ira 17 20:58:57 boud	clients - it's not just that anybody can use the software.  As for
ira 17 20:58:57 boud	NGO's, ESF and WSF, AFAIK it's only under a lot of pressure and
ira 17 20:58:57 boud	educational efforts that they have sort of understand the importance
ira 17 20:58:59 boud	of the political aspects of software.
ira 17 20:59:38 boud	Anyway, as long as this info is there, it will be used in the eventual decision-making.
ira 17 20:59:43 boud	end
ira 17 20:59:49 *	toya raises
ira 17 20:59:52 Zapata	go ahead, toya
ira 17 21:00:01 *	Devin google zope license, finds "Zope Public Licence" ZPL, not gpl, wonders what this is
ira 17 21:00:16 toya	i can talk bout it as well
ira 17 21:00:26 toya	it isZPL but i has the 4 liberties from gpl
ira 17 21:00:30 *	boud ZPL is GPL compatible AFAIK
ira 17 21:00:36 toya	yah 
ira 17 21:00:41 toya	ZPL = GPL
ira 17 21:00:54 toya	again gpl means free for anyone to use
ira 17 21:01:03 *	kwadronaut raises and excuses for being late
ira 17 21:01:12 *	Zapata queue: kwadronaut
ira 17 21:01:14 toya	so it is hard to decide a sofwtware over who is using it or not
ira 17 21:01:33 toya	since it is under gpl or a simular license
ira 17 21:01:41 toya	done
ira 17 21:01:47 Zapata	kwadronaut
ira 17 21:01:52 kwadronaut	translation.i.o is also a zope-derivate. i prefer to have just a note in the survey on the license
ira 17 21:02:05 *	boud http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
ira 17 21:02:09 kwadronaut	and we can discuss later i think, on those things <end>
ira 17 21:02:21 *	Zapata would agree with kwadronaut
ira 17 21:02:46 Zapata	ok, shall we finish the item about discussing reports and move on to the next agenda item?
ira 17 21:03:15 *	txopi raises his hand
ira 17 21:03:15 *	Clopy wants to ask a question about the overall process
ira 17 21:03:23 <Zapata>	txopi: go ahead
ira 17 21:03:26 *	Zapata queue: clopy
ira 17 21:03:44 txopi	i think we could speak a bit more about the report template
ira 17 21:03:59 txopi	are  we going to use the 0-3 score, no score?
ira 17 21:04:23 txopi	i have realized that they are some little differences in the features list on the existing reports
ira 17 21:05:21 *	isaac (isaac@xxx.xxx) gehitu da #cms
ira 17 21:05:22 txopi	if we don't put clear the list, people is going to write very different things and we'll have to work more to homogeneize them
ira 17 21:05:23 *	Zapata proposes to move these points to next week when sarava.org is online again, as it's now very hard to talk without looking at the reports in question
ira 17 21:05:23 txopi	end
ira 17 21:05:38 Zapata	and I would like to add that the reports will be different
ira 17 21:05:52 *	gdm maybe would be better to move back to docs.indymedia.org now that is getting sorted too?
ira 17 21:05:53 Zapata	I think we can "synchronize" them in a later stage
ira 17 21:06:11 Zapata	we might consider moving to docs.indy yeah
ira 17 21:06:17 Zapata	clopy, go ahead
ira 17 21:06:19 txopi	ok, we can wait
ira 17 21:06:26 Clopy	about the pros and cons. How do we proceed. I mean, I can write a doc with the pros and cons of plone (since we are already developing an indymedia site based on it). Should I write such a paper? And do you think this paper should be relative to the WhatWeWant spec? Or just a "pros and cons" style?
ira 17 21:06:47 *	Zapata raises in resposne to clopy
ira 17 21:07:36 Zapata	done, clopy?
ira 17 21:07:48 Clopy	yes. end. sorry :)
ira 17 21:07:53 Zapata	ok
ira 17 21:08:00 Zapata	I would suggest you talk to the people assigned to plone
ira 17 21:08:08 Zapata	I think it's ryan
ira 17 21:08:17 Zapata	so he can use your experience in the report
ira 17 21:08:24 Zapata	<end>
ira 17 21:08:25 ryan	yeah, Clopy, lets chat -- i'm setting up a plone instance on blackcat
ira 17 21:08:26 Clopy	ok
ira 17 21:08:33 Zapata	so...
ira 17 21:08:39 Zapata	do people think we can move to the next agenda item now?
ira 17 21:08:52 *	txopi confirms that the person assigned to plone is ryan
ira 17 21:09:18 *	txopi agrees
ira 17 21:09:22 boston	yes
ira 17 21:09:39 toya	ok
ira 17 21:09:53 Zapata	can someone paste the item :-) I think it was selecting new cmses to review
ira 17 21:10:07 toya	yah 
ira 17 21:10:10 toya	it was
ira 17 21:10:11 Zapata	ok
ira 17 21:10:12 toya	<-still around
ira 17 21:10:12 Zapata	so...
ira 17 21:10:23 Zapata	are there people that have spare time to review another cms?
ira 17 21:10:42 Zapata	and are there people with new cmses that might be worthy of a review?
ira 17 21:11:22 kwadronaut	i could do spip (not spipindy addon) for next sunday i think, but maybe others have even more experience on it?
ira 17 21:11:36 Zapata	sounds great
ira 17 21:11:39 *	init clould look at mephisto and radiant ruby-on-rails-CMSs
ira 17 21:11:43 Zapata	perhaps you can talk to the french guys
ira 17 21:11:47 Zapata	sounds great as well
ira 17 21:12:02 Zapata	anyone else?
ira 17 21:12:08 PseudoPunk	i'll do joomla as promised
ira 17 21:12:12 Zapata	great
ira 17 21:12:35 Zapata	when we have the wiki pages back and when we have really finished some of the reports, I'm sure we'll think of more to do
ira 17 21:12:41 *	ryan note -- no one else was doing mambo, right?
ira 17 21:12:58 Zapata	not afaik
ira 17 21:13:21 *	toya says that someone was going to do joomla
ira 17 21:13:31 toya	i suggest to jus tdo joomla if u are thinking of mambo
ira 17 21:13:32 Zapata	someone other than pseudopunk?
ira 17 21:13:39 toya	no PseudoPunk 
ira 17 21:13:43 isaac	* who was looking at drupal ?
ira 17 21:13:44 toya	i forgot it was him
ira 17 21:13:55 *	boston was looking at Drupal
ira 17 21:13:58 Zapata	gosh, life is hard without wiki pages :-(
ira 17 21:14:17 txopi	http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:3HUBCOtRIY8J:techmeet.sarava.org/English/CMSSurveyList+CMS+site:techmeet.sarava.org&hl=eu&gl=es&ct=clnk&cd=7
ira 17 21:15:10 Zapata	ok
ira 17 21:15:12 Zapata	so...
ira 17 21:15:13 *	boud : joomla = pseudopunk
ira 17 21:15:41 Zapata	shall we proceed to the next agenda item?
ira 17 21:15:43 *	yossarian will try eribium ruby-on-rails cms
ira 17 21:15:49 Zapata	great, yoss
ira 17 21:15:53 Zapata	so...
ira 17 21:15:59 Zapata	the next item is scheduling a next meeting, right?
ira 17 21:16:34 *	Alster needs to leave. thanks for the meeting planning + moderation!
ira 17 21:16:47 *	kwadronaut raises in response to the next item
ira 17 21:16:58 Zapata	go ahead, kwadro
ira 17 21:17:02 *	Alster has quit (Quit: :tiuQ)
ira 17 21:17:17 kwadronaut	i havent read all my mails yet, but received at least 2 direct mails from oceanian people
ira 17 21:17:26 kwadronaut	complaining about the time
ira 17 21:17:41 kwadronaut	one was getting even a bit dissapointed.
ira 17 21:17:51 isaac	I can confirm that - from Aotearoa - New Zealand
ira 17 21:17:53 kwadronaut	maybe we could shift times meeting from meeting?
ira 17 21:18:01 kwadronaut	<end>
ira 17 21:18:05 Zapata	ok
ira 17 21:18:09 Zapata	let me say some things on this
ira 17 21:18:43 Zapata	as mentioend over the mailing lists, I proposed to make the meeting later, but on saturday... since I can't make it any later on sundays
ira 17 21:19:02 Zapata	21 pm utc on saturday or so
ira 17 21:19:12 *	kwadronaut still notes that he just relayed a message and that he has no clue about time himself.
ira 17 21:19:18 isaac	later is good for me - saturday is good also
ira 17 21:19:18 Zapata	erm 9 pm utc or 21 utc
ira 17 21:19:43 Zapata	I discussed this a bit with and_, one of the complainers ;-) and he said he didn't think there were any other oceanic people...
ira 17 21:19:49 toya	hmm 
ira 17 21:19:52 toya	6pm
ira 17 21:19:54 Zapata	but there's isaac here and there was somebody from nz subscribing to the cms@techmeet list
ira 17 21:20:11 isaac	there are more...
ira 17 21:20:18 Zapata	right
ira 17 21:20:26 Zapata	so we should accomodate the oceanic people
ira 17 21:20:26 toya	we will send the summary telling bout the list decision etc
ira 17 21:20:31 toya	sent to both lists
ira 17 21:20:47 Zapata	yeah, but when will we hold the next meeting :-)
ira 17 21:20:53 txopi	if we change to saturday afternoon i cant stay. i want to keep my little social quote of time! :-/
ira 17 21:20:55 *	boud proposal seems to be:   EastUS 15  EU 21, UTC+2 23    EastOz/Aotearoa  31/32 = 7/8
ira 17 21:21:06 toya	hmm
ira 17 21:21:18 *	ionnek has quit (Quit: CGI:IRC (EOF))
ira 17 21:21:24 toya	i dont understand
ira 17 21:21:45 Zapata	9 pm utc saturday = 2 pm east us if I'm correct
ira 17 21:22:00 *	boud proposal seems to be:   EastUS 15:00  GMT 21:00, Europe (UTC+2) 23:00    EastOz/Aotearoa  31/32 = 7:00 am/8:00 am
ira 17 21:22:35 kwadronaut	adelaide, amsterdam santiago de chili saturday: http://tinyurl.com/gxp7n
ira 17 21:22:59 toya	ok
ira 17 21:23:18 *	boud kwadronaut - wrong url methinks
ira 17 21:23:25 isaac	+ 1 - sounds good to me
ira 17 21:24:22 *	joaop has quit (Quit: leaving)
ira 17 21:24:32 Zapata	so...
ira 17 21:24:37 Zapata	9 pm utc saturday...
ira 17 21:24:50 toya	ok
ira 17 21:25:00 Zapata	no objections?
ira 17 21:25:03 ryan	its ok for me
ira 17 21:25:04 *	boud correcting aoteroa:   EastUS 15:00  GMT 21:00, Europe (UTC+2) 23:00    EastOz/Aotearoa  31/33 = 7:00 am/9:00 am
ira 17 21:25:15 Zapata	boud: east us = 14:00
ira 17 21:26:04 *	boud correcting EastUS:   EastUS 17:00  GMT 21:00, Europe (UTC+2) 23:00    EastOz/Aotearoa  31/33 = 7:00 am/9:00 am
ira 17 21:26:15 Zapata	boud: 14:00 not 17:00
ira 17 21:26:27 Zapata	erm
ira 17 21:26:28 Zapata	sorry
ira 17 21:26:30 *	boud e.g. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/  seems that New York is UTC - 4
ira 17 21:26:31 Zapata	west it's 14:00
ira 17 21:27:07 Zapata	so
ira 17 21:27:10 Zapata	another thing
ira 17 21:27:18 *	boud a bit early on a sunday morning for oceanians ;) but we can't find a perfect time
ira 17 21:27:32 Zapata	jebba has offered the use of his vserver space for people that need a place to experiment with cmses
ira 17 21:27:42 *	txopi thinks that in basque country go for fiesta much more than in the rest of europe...
ira 17 21:27:43 Zapata	it'll be early/late for someone whatever time we choose
ira 17 21:28:05 <Zapata>	txopi: we don't party, we code :-p
ira 17 21:28:35 txopi	to code is a party! xDD
ira 17 21:28:57 Zapata	ok
ira 17 21:29:03 Zapata	so....
ira 17 21:29:07 Zapata	I guess that's that then?
ira 17 21:29:20 Zapata	we'll see each other next saturday, 9 pm UTC
ira 17 21:29:29 ryan	nice
ira 17 21:29:34 isaac	did we get the mailing list thing sorted ?
ira 17 21:29:38 *	PseudoPunk won't be there
ira 17 21:29:38 Zapata	yeah
ira 17 21:29:45 Zapata	we'll use imc-cms@lists.indymedia.org
ira 17 21:29:54 Zapata	do we need to arrange anything for that?
ira 17 21:29:57 isaac	ok
ira 17 21:30:04 Zapata	send the people on the other list a message to that effect I guess
ira 17 21:30:08 Zapata	who will do that?
ira 17 21:30:26 kwadronaut	i suppose there are mods and admins already for imc-cms?
ira 17 21:30:28 isaac	can we copy messages from other list to imc-cms ?
ira 17 21:30:37 Zapata	I'm an admin on imc-cms
ira 17 21:30:56 Zapata	anyone willing to assist me, please let me know ;-)
ira 17 21:31:08 ryan	i will
ira 17 21:31:12 Zapata	great
ira 17 21:32:44 *	Devin wonders if anyone is really interested in Bricolage, if I should continue to learn/pursue it?
ira 17 21:33:03 Zapata	please continue
ira 17 21:33:10 Zapata	at least 3 people proposed it
ira 17 21:33:12 Devin	ok
ira 17 21:33:21 *	Zapata-k gaia honakora aldatu du: next CMS meeting september 23rd 2100 UTC in #cms | Please Read: http://techmeet.sarava.org/English/Notes | http://cats.revolt.org/cats-vii/indymedia/ | http://techmeet.sarava.org/English/CMSProposal 
ira 17 21:33:59 Zapata	anyone volunteering for writing a meeting summary?
ira 17 21:36:04 txopi	i can publish the logs
ira 17 21:36:16 Zapata	great
ira 17 21:42:44 alex	saturday night? ugh
ira 17 21:43:33 Zapata	if saturday night isn't convenient for the europeans, we'll just rotate the meeting or so
ira 17 21:43:42 alex	colors? wtf. sorry, heh
ira 17 21:44:21 *	ekes may or may not be able to make the next meeting - depending on work (often working till 24:00 Sat)
ira 17 21:44:34 ekes	I will write notes on process to e-mail anyway
ira 17 21:45:15 Zapata	great
ira 17 21:45:16 toya	hehehe