[TYPO3-dam] Any new news?

[Franz Holzinger]

Patrick Gaumond a écrit :

> Silence for months. I don't want this to look like personal attacks! I
> don't want to know why people disappear, it's just "factual".

René Fritz has written this on his thread to the topic 'DAM Development
Model'

So why not follow his suggestions?

- Franz

here a copy of it:

> Hi
>
> DAM development is again in big discussion, in particular since my
plans to
> finish the 1.1 Version in january didn't match with the reality.
>
> I'm also not very happy with the situation and changing the
development model
> was my plan anyway when 1.1 is released.
>
> One mistake was to make DAM such a big thing or to develop it alone.
DAM is
> currently about 35000 lines of code! One might not expect to get such
a big
> thing when talking about a DAM system for TYPO3. But the current
version is
> more or less my vision of such a system.
>
> The development was done by me alone, that was not a must, but it is
simply
> reality. Only one person contributed code, bugfixes and ideas (thanks to
> Daniel Thomas!). Apart from many 'Big thanks' emails (thanks for that)
> feedback in any form was very little, so I followed my own ideas.
>
> Second thing, not surprisingly I need to earn money, so development
depends on
> paid projects which is against any continuity. Nevertheless I spent
tons of
> unpaid hours to bring this beast to life. I can not and will not do that
> further.
>
> I think the upcoming 1.1 version is a good basis for future
development which
> can be splitted into smaller projects. Those projects don't have to be
> developed by me necessarily.
>
> I still want to develop DAM but in your and in my interest it can't
depend on
> me only. But even when this is suggested already I don't see a solution
> instantly. It's no problem to put DAM in subversion but a coordination
must
> be established. Open it as a playground for everybody is not a good
thing in
> my eyes.
>
> There are many things to do like adding DAM support in most used
Extensions,
> for example. Those things can be done. But I don't know which
extensions they
> are. What are the most wanted features? Things that needs to be
cleared no
> matter how development work in the future.
>
> I heard more often that companies plan to use DAM as a main part in
projects.
> I understand that continuity is important then, but this will work
only when
> money is available indepently from any projects (whoever get's the money).
>
>
> That's my thoughts for now. I hope that we'll find a solution and
establish a
> better DAM development model.
>
>
> Have a nice day
> René
>