[Zope-CMF] Workflow first cut is ready

[Robert Rottermann]

Thank you very much,
it is a real plesure to work with the lot of you.

Robert


----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Hathaway" <shane@digicool.com>
To: <zope-cmf@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:29 PM
Subject: [Zope-CMF] Workflow first cut is ready


> Ok, a first cut at the much discussed web-configurable workflow is now
> ready.  It's open source.
>
> http://cmf.zope.org/Members/hathawsh/DCWorkflow-0.1.tar.gz/view
>
> You'll need the very latest CMF CVS to make full use of it.  I wrote a
> little documentation but I think you'll get the most mileage by
> exploring the default workflow first (see doc/basics.stx).  Try it out
> then tell us all what's good, bad, strange, elegant, missing, and just
> right.
>
> BTW I'm glad we had the conversation this morning.  To summarize:
>
> - DC, although an open source company, carefully considers the
> distribution for each project.
>
> - If DC is ever considering creating a closed source product but wants
> community input, it must say so up front.
>
> - Core components want to be open sourced.  End-user applications have
> to be considered more carefully.
>
> - The PTK/CMF community has indeed assisted in the creation of this
> workflow tool and it would be ungrateful to keep it within DC.
>
> - The words "closed" and "source" together can really scare people! :-)
> This mistake in the development process (that is, not talking early
> about keeping the source closed) should not be regarded as any kind of
> trend away from OSS.  Quite the contrary; things are getting better all
> the time because of the growing community.
>
> Shane
>
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