hi, On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 03:46:05PM +0100, Branko Collin wrote: > On 28 Dec 2003, at 10:33, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > > What is the status of the new site (http://mmmaybe.gimp.org)? Why > > isn't it the default site yet? Are there any pending problems? > > As somebody who helped make the new site, or thought he did, I am as > baffled as you. > > There are, it seems, several people who have write access to the web > server (Raphael Quinet? Shan Amundson? Yosh?), but nobody is willing > to tell exactly who can do what, and they all refuse (for reasons > they refuse to disclose) to put the new site live. > > you will need to go through the sames steps i did. 1) figure out who runs the computer and what resources they have to allocate. 2) determine the information that the user needs and collect it. 3) write a mechanism to build the site that even the most inept beginner can make it at home (after some additional apache configuration that used to be documented there). the site that i eh, collected, fullfilled all of these things and more. if you cannot build software on windows that is not gimp dot org problem, btw .... that site has disappeared. the current site can be reverted to fullfill the many goals or can evolve (once again) to fullfill this, but the current site is a travesty and a pathetic "head up someones ass" farce of the site that is there and should not remain even a part of the gimp.org sites. perhaps there is room for it at gamers.org? it seems like it would make a beautiful addition to whatever they have there. until then, the same steps i already covered need to be completed again, one way or another. or you can go by what dave neary says and wait for rapha?l to move it to its new site. oh, he will probably need to talk to the people who run the computer about what they need, expect and the resources they have to allocate. once again, the same steps i already covered that can be accomplished with a simple reversion to the site that is in cvs now. back to may would be fine or even july. my question is this. if i had written better email, would i be allowed to destroy things? i was thinking about doing a number on the gimp cvs source like rapha?l did to the site i designed. would dave neary say that i run gimp now, if i were to go independent and destroy the collective work as he did to the web project? probably if i write very sane email (spell check and all), i would be allowed to do what i wish? thanks for asking, carol
