Forum OpenACS Q&A: Response to Redesign of OpenACS.org - New Features

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Posted by Talli Somekh on
Hey guys,

I'm planning on publishing a preliminary RSF (Requirements, Specifications and Features) for openacs.org very soon (hopefully in a day or two). It will incorporate and address the requests and issues raised in this board.

Some of the outstanding issues, though, have yet to be addressed really. The hairiest one in my view is whether we migrate completely to v4 bboards and try to figure out a way to link to the old bboards or stick with the tried and true scheme (ala aD's bboards which are still in ACS3.4). I am in favor of the migration to the latest and (maybe?) greatest, but that's a feature that really needs to be thought about.

The other point that was raised by Ben was whether openacs.org should be as vanilla an OpenACS installation as possible. I am of two minds on this one; on one hand it's nice that people can get what they see with a quick installation on the other hand they don't get to see the true potential of an OpenACS system that has been customized.

Any thoughts?

talli