Re: [gentoo-soc] GSoC - Package statistics

[Michael Seifert <michael.seifert@gmx.net>]

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Am 23.03.2011 07:30, schrieb Brian Dolbec:
> On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 01:09 +0100, Michael Seifert wrote:
>> Sorry, if I caused any inconvenience.
> 
> No, no inconvenience.  If I have stomped on your toes, I did not mean
> to, If you have other ideas about this project, by all means get them
> out.  :)
> 

The point is that I also think that a web interface would be the best
solution. It is just not quite what I am looking for and there already
seemed to be efforts on organizing the mentoring. That is the reason why
I would like to discuss a second idea. I did not feel stomped on my
toes, it just all went a bit too fast :)
You have been very helpful and responsive. Please keep it up!

> 
>>
>> For the thouroughness of the discussion and out of personal interest:
>> The webapp should most likely integrate nicely on the gentoo website.
>> What CMS does gentoo.org use and what CMS would you suggest to an applicant?
> 
> Well, as I've stated, I don't have experience in developing webapps, so
> I can't recommend anything to you. I think this type of info would be
> used most by devs.  While users may use it, I think the primary goal is
> to collect data to help the devs decide where to put more of their
> efforts, and help streamline the stabilization process.  For the most
> part the gentoo sites use guide xml, which is a custom xslt
> transformation...  I don't think this type of tool would fit well with
> the semi static nature of gentoo's web pages using guide xml.  Also this
> data would most likely be on a different server than the gentoo.org
> site.
> 

I personally would make use of zope as a CMS. For those who don't know
it: It supports scripting in restricted Python, a very nice templating
language, and an easy to use database (Zope Object Database). ZODB is an
object database that uses Python's pickle module for serialization. What
are your thoughts about a NOSQL database?

> 
> I suggested a webapp as means of primary interaction because it is
> easily run in a browser, so no special software needs to be installed.
> It is just the one one program.  That opens it up to all users.
> 
>   But a gui could be developed to get the data from the database and
> display the reports, graphs, etc..  be it gtk , kde/Qt, or whatever.
> That's where the powers that be need to chime in with their comments and
> thoughts of the direction they would like to see it take.  
> 
> 
> All my comments are my own and not to be considered as absolute (my way
> or the highway ;).
> 

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