[Imc-drupal-dev] Alternatives code-a-thon update

[Benjamin Melançon]

Sorry I couldn't make the code-a-thon.

Is the code in an accessible repository?

For Boston Indymedia we proposed setting up a repository using a
distributed source control management system, in this case git, to
hold an "Indymedia Drupal distribution, and give whoever
this list thinks should have commit privileges to it, but the real
point of having a git project is the ease of forking and merging; the
boston indymedia site will be derived from this distribution and other
new and existing Drupal Indymedia (and other independent media) sites
can likewise build and contribute back, in a more flexible manner than
Drupal.org and recipes allow (although the goal will continue to be to
contribute changes and innovations needed by Indymedia back to
Drupal.org hosted modules and even Drupal core, including the
installation profile to help it all get set up quickly)."

We'd love to build on / contribute to the Alternatives IMC in this
way, which can make the effort put in more usable by others (and
complete, for instance I see FCKEditor is missing from the wiki).

In thanks and solidarity,

benjamin

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On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 4:28 AM, Jay <jay at fundamentalchange.net> wrote:
> Hi imc-drupal-dev,
>
> Here is a quick update on the work accomplished at the
> imc-alternatives code-a-thon on Saturday.
>
> A crowd of able and excellent people gathered on Irc for most of the
> day to get a great start on the Alternatives IMC's drupal test
> site.  In John's words in the IRC log, here are some things that were
> accomplished:
>
> -- we set up a new drupal 6 site on josh's test server at domain23.info
> -- we've started applying the styles nick developed, and are cranking
> through the requested feature list - already basic open posting is
> working, important imc-best-practices for ip anonymization are in
> place, a friendly wysiwyg interface is in place to add content as
> well as basic categories.
> -- we're making progress on media uploads, transcoding, and in-browser playback
> -- and are continuing to work on getting all the content types and
> the fancy layout up and running
> -- also we are documenting what we do here:
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/ImcAlternativesDrupalSetup
>
> I don't know if there is a specific plan for the next step or whether
> those who were involved will just keep working on things and
> communicate through the imc-alternatives list.  After the New Year
> we'll try to pin down a schedule.  I've also promised to find a
> moment after the new year to post some test content to see how things
> go.  Feel free to go to the domain23.info yourself and try out the
> SolutionsWire.
>
> Happy Gregorian new year to everyone.
> Jay