[OpenFontLibrary] OFLB development (was: Status Aiki Conversion)

[jon at rejon.org]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:58 AM, Schrijver <eric at authoritism.net> wrote:
> Jon, this seems like a really nice bug tracker :)
> Maybe it could be instructed to automatically forward the filed bugs to the mailing list?

Sure, that can be done. Even better is to just sign-up and subscribe
to the group then you will get them all... :)

>
> Have been reading up on the plans,
> I really like the proposed upload workflow.

Sure.

The aiki-port of the site with new features is not far off really,
just we have to eat and are competing with commercial projects and
livelihood at the moment...

jon

>
>>> And for tracking (and contributing to) the development of the current site,
>>> is the workflow with the SVN still in place?
>>
>> Not sure...
>
>
> Dave?
>
> Best! E
>
> Op 20 jan 2011, om 16:19 heeft jon at rejon.org het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Hi Eric, yes, I moved all plans here, and made a consolidate release
>> strategy. Launchpad just works:
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/openfontlibrary
>>
>> There has to be some reality assessment on different parts and
>> cleaning off of old content from places like the wiki, etc.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Schrijver <eric at authoritism.net> wrote:
>>> Aiki Labs was busy with paid work in the fall, and I've been busy
>>> earning money to hire someone to sort OFLB out.
>>>
>>> &&
>>>
>>> Daniel J Johnson located the problematic font, and the site works
>>> (eheh) again :)
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply
>>> and thanks you and Daniel for the fix!
>>> I think we need to set a clear direction for development.
>>> Will this hired developer use aiki?
>>> Is there a clear roadmap for what she/he should achieve?
>>> And, how can we help in the meantime?
>>> IMHO it’s also important that the community takes a part in maintaining the
>>> site.
>>> Getting a larger group involved is the only way to establish some
>>> continuity.
>>> (though if I’m not mistaken, it’s also one of aiki’s design goals to make
>>> that easier).
>>> In practice:
>>> Does oflb development still take place in the same way as described on the
>>> wiki (the dual svn repositories)?
>>> And is https://launchpad.net/openfontlibrary meant only for the development
>>> of the aiki site, or can we also use it to file bugs against the current
>>> iteration?
>>> thanks,
>>> Eric
>>
>>
>>
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