[OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal to find an alternative to Collabnet

[Gary Lang]

Allan,

He does mean something like those. However we've all agreed that the CN
site isn't helping us do this well already. That's a dead horse. We've
moving off unless a miracle occurs. Another dead horse.

In the interim I hope WebCom is spending some time to address the issues
Allan is highlighting.

Gary

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Doyle [mailto:adoyle at eogeo.org] 
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 3:48 PM
To: discuss at mail.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal to find an alternative to
Collabnet



On Jul 17, 2006, at 18:35, Aaron Koning wrote:

...

> For example, when I go to the web site, I should be able to read  
> about the newest OSGeo news, but what I see is "Current News",  
> where the last news item is dated May 31. Sure the actual recent  
> news is available via the News link on the sidebar, but what I'm  
> getting at is there seems to be a confusing presentation and a lack  
> of consistency, which ultimately will scare off fringe users /  
> browsers / non-members. I would imagine the visibility committee  
> would like to avoid this.
>
> I realize that the web committee is addressing these issues and  
> they deserve kudos for that. Finding the balance between a  
> developer oriented site and a friendly web present is challenging,  
> but it's important to consider both functions.

You mean something like these:

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Home
http://geotools.codehaus.org/
http://postgis.refractions.net/
http://193.43.36.138/

They are really geared at developers but each also has an up-to-date  
news component.
I guess this is veering off-topic, into the webcom's area. But maybe  
not. I think there's an overall gestalt view of OSGeo that we want to  
present that is not being served by the current site. Is that due to  
Collabnet? I think in part it is. The tools are unwieldy at best and  
lead to compartmentalization of information as well as leading to  
difficulties in finding things.

Given the limited resources we have, I think the web-energy needs to  
go into the overall site first.

	Allan