[phpGroupWare-users] RE: [phpGroupWare coordinators] Goodbye

[Sigurd Nes]

> From: Dan Kuykendall address@hidden
> Sent: 2009-10-06 08:22:41 CEST
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: phpGroupWare Developers address@hidden, phpGroupWare Users address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [phpGroupWare coordinators] Goodbye
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> My preference at this point would be to shut down the project. It seems
> like the codebase is just too outdated. Maybe at somepoint it would be
> worth picking up and starting from scratch with all thats been learned
> both in phpGW and across all the various projects in the open source
> community these last 9+ years.
> 
> Anyways, if a clear vision can be had and a developer to continue it is
> around, then please contact me... otherwise a leaderless project is a
> dead one.
> 
> Dan

Hi all,

I have plans for it and want to keep it alive.

I think the best approach will be to focus on the system as a general 
application development framework - starting with the API and some core modules 
(admin, setup, preferences).
I also think the majority of the existing applications without a minimum level 
of maintenance has to be put in a historical archive for future reference and a 
possible source of inspiration only.

Important features are:
 * user-handling
 * integration capabilities (xmlrpc/soap/ldap...)
 * building blocks for ui as super-objects prepared to utilize common elements 
(as tables, lists, calendars)
 * mechanism for internal integration across modules
 
I will fix the API (and core) to a usable state (running php 5.3) - and update 
to the latest 3-party libraries.

I think that once the system is in a shape that makes is possible to install 
and operate - it will attract developers and users.

Regards

Sigurd