[Xesam] oscaf/xesam ontology merge: who is going to maintain/edit what?

[Leo Sauermann]

about freedesktop.org and bugzilla/trac....

It was Evgeny Egorochkin who said at the right time 05.06.2009 18:35 the 
following words:
>   
> freedesktop is a problem. We've got a bugzilla product at FDO, but we 
> don't
> really have any control over it. It appears we can't import or export 
> anything.
>
> Also FDO is very well known for taking a lot of time to process even trivial 
> requests(such as adding a project). You can forget about infrastructure 
> requests.
>
> So if we use FDO, we're stuck with a small set of software some of which is 
> out of sync with reality(CVS) and to which we don't have a full access(such as 
> for import/export).
>
> On the other hand we have semanticdesktop.org, sf.net and xesam.org
>   
we established oscaf.sf.net in februaray to let anyone willing to work 
on ontologies join there.

I find bugzilla too complex for the task at hand and I like the tight 
integration of SVN + WIKI + Tickets in TRAC.

so:
freedesktop.org :
 * endlessly complex loopholes to get an account (sending a gpg key to a 
gpg server, creating an ssh key, creating a user account for bugtracker 
to create a bug to .... ???)
* bugzilla
* git

sf.net:
* everyone has an account, if not it takes 1 minute to make one, only 
complexity is remembering your name and password
* trac
* svn

personally, I am much more in favor of sf.net because its the platform i 
also used for aperture and other projects I am member of. I also like 
TRAC and SVN as we use it a lot.
Also we basically know how ontology management with SVN+TRAC works based 
on the experience in dev.nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org

But I thought since all the others are freedesktop.org and git fans, we 
must use that. If the question is up to discussion, I much more favor 
sourceforge+trac+svn.
we can reuse the oscaf.sf.net project there or make a new one if you 
don't like the name, then suggest a better one and sign us up.
Setting this up is piss-easy, as you all probably know from past sf.net 
experience. performance may suck from time to time, but so be it, they 
do a good job otherwise.

I would not "vote" about this, I would rather like to have an agreement 
where everyone understands the problems and personal background and 
preferences of all parties involved, and then come to a conclusion that 
fits our small group best.

best
Leo


> FDO is nice as an idea, but the implementation is far from it.
>
>   
>> curious to learn the itnerna there,
>>
>> best
>> Leo
>>     
>
>
>   


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