[Mageia-dev] News about the forum

Mon Oct 4 12:53:01 CEST 2010

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 09:08, Maât <maat-ml at vilarem.net> wrote:
+
+> Hi,
+>
+> We were prepared from start to have things to code for the forums.
+>
+> That's also why a true opensource engine was absolutely needed.
+>
+> That mean that we will not completely avoid to code some mods.
+>
+> For security and troll control/containment/education we already knew
+>
+> For mailing-lists bidge the need is something that we did not anticipate
+> but this feature is not likely to change all that's been done :
+> -- this feature is cool and that would be stupid to reject it ihmo
+> -- but it's not a blocking one
+> -- we lived long without it (and we can live a little bit longer till
+> it's added)
+>
+
+yes
+
+>
+> We are starting with a basic forum (with a slightly nicer skin than the
+> default
+> and a few mods and lang packs )
+>
+> We have set up a low level infrastructure with git
+
+
+good , can you advertise it, so I can exercise whith git ?
+I am all for git but have not used it much.
+
+and other tools to be
+> able to hack
+> the missing features without without risking to break things or impair
+> user experience.
+>
+> Once tested and approved feature will naturally end in the forum
+> (hopefully without issue at all).
+>
+> The difference is only : we have one more feature to hack than that we
+> could anticipate :)
+>
+> > Latest m2f 2.0 alpha release works but it is a feature-lacking
+> > version. It is being used by some ppl in production sites though, but
+> > this is not recommended.
+> > AFAIK there are NO mods out there that even get close to m2f 1.2
+> > functionality. Not even google/yahoo groups get close
+> >
+> > but the site also says :
+> >
+> > The m2f team are seeking new developers to join the project. We need
+> > experienced PHP developers who would like to help with the v2.0 redesign,
+> >
+> > So : would there be volunteers to help m2f ?
+> That could also be a from-scratch developement (and i don't dismiss the
+> option to take parts of fudforum gateway)
+>
+> Obviously if someone (generous, noble, brilliant and skilled with php
+> ^^) volunteers to help on that part he/she will be most welcome :)
+>
+
+Unfortunately I am not a  php programmer, but I will do what I can to help
+
+>
+> All the best,
+> Maât
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+-- 
+
+Frederic
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