[TYPO3-dam] Any new news?

[Daniel Hinderink]

Andreas Balzer schrieb:
> Hi!
> I have read the posts in here. Quite interesting where my initial 
> posting has lead to..
> 
> Aem.
> Daniel Hinderink schrieb:
>> Appeals like the one you are writing below will have no effect.
>> René _can't_ do as you ask him, if _we_ don't put him in a position 
>> where he can! That means time (paid for) and additional manpower (paid 
>> for) in his vicinity. That is the heart of Ekki's suggestion.
> Personally I don't like this approach. Rene should be paid if he 
> contributes code or actually manages the extension. The including of 
> patch files shouldn't be paid, as it's a job that can be done by many 
> people (unpaid).

We are talking about managing the extension.

> 
>> So we can either watch it die, or do something _together_ to improve 
>> the situation.
> Right, I wonder whether you chose the word "we" to say something 
> specific. ;) 

We as a community.

> What about a team that takes the DAM development over?
> - a team leader
> - someone who includes patches (from the developers and from other 
> people via bugtracker)

That's René and Sven.

> - 2 or 3 developers
> - graphic designer for icons, etc

Those will have to qualify and will hopefully come into the team over time.

> 
> 
> This could be a team with access rights to a SVN, the bugtracker and to 
> this mailinglist. Other people could join the team if the team is 
> looking for someone and other people could write patchfiles and upload 
> them to the bugtracker. That way the development of DAM is safe on one 
> hand (because not everyone can get his codes into it) but on the other 
> hand they can send patchfiles to the team and so it's somehow open.

Extacly.

> 
> What do you think? I mean we are more then 5 people here. If we stop 
> talking about how something could be organized in months but start doing 
> "something _together_ to improve the situation" (form a team) then I 
> guess DAM could become stable in a few months ;) Am I optimistic or 
> what? :)

There is no option to take over the DAM, I think.

So if you want to do it with René, the possibilty is here.
It just needs to be taken.

cheers

Daniel