[Imc-alternatives] current code situation (was: Open Forum edit)

[Jay]

Michael and everyone,

At 2/23/2008, lancaster-imc at riseup.net wrote:
>Hey, I just wanted to let everyone know I updated the wiki for IMC-Alt by
>adding the top horizontal menu to all the pages for easier navigation.
>Also, I  noticed on the tech page (I think) that it talks about Drupal as
>the first install. From what I have gathered things have changed and now
>php cake is the cms language of choice--Someone with the direct line on
>the specific tech plan should probably update that page.
>
>Michael

It's confusing.  Over the last few months I've been enthusiastic 
about our going with whatever backend code the imc-cms group decides 
upon.  However, as time goes on with no clear CMS choice, I've become 
less enthusiastic.

I honestly am not sure what I think now.  There is still a lot of 
positive drupal energy in this group, but we haven't had anyone step 
forward and say "we're going to make this site work in drupal, 
darnit, so let's go!"  I like the arguments Ryan has for CakePHP, and 
am intrigued by the possible choice to go that direction.

I really don't want our project to wait indefinitely to get ourselves 
going just so we can line up with the general indy code.  However, 
the benefits of being part of the overall network push toward a 
unified code are really appealing.

What do other people think about this?  Should we continue to 
wait?  Or should we redouble our efforts to build something based on 
the PhillyIMC drupal code, as we agreed upon a long while ago?

Jay