[Lazarus] Reconstructing Lazarus Website 4: the dev tool

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Bee Jay wrote:

>> 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.
>> 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.
>> 6. Online forum, it's already available using SMF. I think we should build 
>> a new one for this using fpWeb in the future.
>> 7. Website CMS, it's not available. But we can use available CMS engine 
>> i.e. Wordpress, Drupal, or Joomla.
>
> One more thing:
> 8. Account integrator. Since we have many applications for the website i.e. 
> wiki, forum, mantis, svn, etc. I think we should make one app to synchronized 
> a single account across those apps. So, the user would only remember 1 
> account and use it for all the apps provided. But, this requires pretty much 
> work (I had made one), we can leave it at the lowest priority.

The FPC forum, contributed units and Mantis are already integrated like
this. This really is not so much work.

Michael.