[TYPO3-ect] Status of the party extension?

[Steffen Kamper]

Hi David,

i really understand your point. I myself can't do all what i like too, there 
is something in life beside TYPO3 and the hours are limited.

I would suggest to make an open announce for "coding team" - that's more 
than helping or spending ideas. The community is big so some coders might be 
interested in real teamwork.

The other problem is that when i look to the wikipages of PIF it seems to be 
in touch with "all" like an elephant project. May be making a realistic 
roadmap would help to leave pressure, starting with a extension core part, 
may be refactoring and introducing a MVC model.

Developing for 5.0 - i would not concentrate on that while developing of the 
core is still not finished, it will take some time, and if you have good 
model in extension it should be integrated in an easy way.

But the decision is on you, as you are the project owner the whole thing 
lives from your "ghost" - may be that change to team ;-)
I wish that this project will be continued, as there is no simular existing 
solution for that.

btw - may be you fusion with some others, like Martin Herr did for T3one ( 
and we still planning a model for typo3.org).

vg  Steffen


"David Bruehlmeier" <typo3 at bruehlmeier.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1186212517.24019.typo3-team-extension-coordination at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hi all,
>
> just got back from vacation.
>
> The development of the Party Information Framework has come to a halt for 
> the past few months due to personal reasons: I simply have too much on my 
> agenda. Beside my full-time job, which is not related to TYPO3 and usually 
> requires well beyond 100%, I'm in the last year of a master study, I'm the 
> webmaster of our church, and I'm even trying to have a private life. My 
> engagement for TYPO3 must fit in there somewhere between. Sometimes that 
> works fine, recently it hasn't.
>
> When I started the Party Information Framework, I have clearly stated that 
> I want this to be a team effort. Why? Because I knew that I won't be able 
> to sustain it myself. Still it seems that as of today, I'm the only active 
> contributor. There have been a lot of interested people and also some 
> feedback which I'm thankful for. But other than that, I feel I'm still a 
> one-man-show.
>
> This leaves me with a tough decision. I'm not able to continue like that. 
> IMO, there are some options:
>
> 1. Drop it all together. The current situation with party related issues 
> seems not perfect, but there are working solutions. So why bother?
>
> 2. Reduce the project to become a 5.0 initiative only. That would take 
> some weight off my shoulders since I could concentrate on implementing the 
> model without having to bother with view issues, be it in the backend or 
> the frontend. Still, the problem remains that I will have very little time 
> to spend on this. I need at least one committed co-developer.
>
> 3. Continue both, development for 4.x and 5.0. This scenario takes at 
> least two committed developers. I would either drop out completely or 
> reduce my engagement to coordination and modeling.
>
> Before I make my decision, I would like to ask you for your opinion. And 
> if you suggest option 2 or 3: Who is willing and has enough time to become 
> a committed developer?
>
> Regards,
> Dave