Mozart tools development

Torsten Anders torstenanders at gmx.de
Thu Mar 1 15:14:40 CET 2007


... sent this accidentally to Boris directly..

On 28.02.2007, at 17:07, Torsten Anders wrote:
> Dear Boris,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> On 28.02.2007, at 16:06, Boriss Mejias wrote:
>> 1- Is the idea to create one separate project to host all the tools, 
>> or to create one project per every tool?
>
> My idea was to have just a single project hosting multiple tools. This 
> can be multiple repositories or even a single repository.
>
>> 2- Would it be a problem to adapt your model using SVN instead of 
>> darcs? I like darcs a lot, but I don't know how much we will need to 
>> wait for this.
>
> Hm. SVN is not really an option for the open development model I am 
> aiming at. Using SVN would mean that only registered users are likely 
> to contribute. Imagine a wiki where you always have to contact some 
> administrator to get anything done... We just see with the TODO list 
> of proposed patches for Mozart that such little pragmatic details can 
> make quite some difference (not that I am proposing to change the 
> development model of Mozart, but I propose a clearly different 
> approach for this tools project).
>
>> 3- How is this related to mogul? Is the intention to replace mogul?
>
> It is intended as a complement, definitely not as a replacement. Mogul 
> publishes project releases, it is not a development platform. The new 
> project could make releases of tools which are then published in Mogul 
> alongside other Oz applications. Unfortunately, many Mogul projects 
> are seemingly not maintained anymore -- and nobody can provide any 
> patches! I try to address that issue...
>
> Best,
> Torsten
>
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