[Lazarus] Reconstructing Lazarus Website 4: the dev tool

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Bee Jay wrote:

>> If you mean in FPC, count me in :)
>
> From the content structure that I proposed on the other thread, we need some 
> applications to accompany the web site.
>
> 1. Wiki, it's already available. Maybe we should reconstructure the content 
> so they could be better categorized.
> 2. Bug tracker, it's already available using Mantis. Maybe we should fix the 
> appearance so its theme could fit the new design.
> 3. Source code browser, it's already available using SVN and ViewVC. Maybe we 
> should also fix the appearance.
> 4. Contributed code repo, it's already available through Contributed Units on 
> FPC site. I think we should build a new one for this using fpWeb.

I was planning to do so. I will also rewrite the testsuite tool.

> 5. Code bounty manager, it's not available, only a page on Wiki. I think we 
> should build a new app for this for more accountable participants. This app 
> could become a way to boost FPC and Lazarus development.

Sounds interesting :-)

> 6. Online forum, it's already available using SMF. I think we should build a 
> new one for this using fpWeb in the future.

In the future: yes.

> 7. Website CMS, it's not available. But we can use available CMS engine i.e. 
> Wordpress, Drupal, or Joomla.

My personal preference  - pending an implementation in FPC ;) - is WordPress. 
My experience with the other two was not so positive.

If the websites are ever to be merged, the main site will be on
www.freepascal.org, so please use Firebird instead of mysql.

Michael.