[TYPO3-ect] tx_party - Extension

[Dr. Ronald P. Steiner]

Hi List,

I'm glad to see that there is still interest on the partner / party / 
tx_party / wec_people extension.

The extension name went through many changes, and it still still 
confuses me. If I look at: http://typo3xdev.sourceforge.net/
- there are still "nightly snapshots" of the "partner" and "party" 
extension. What about them? Are they still developed?

I know that the Web Empowered Church does a lot for the community and 
their extensions are excellent! I'm very happy and grateful that WEC 
does this important work. But the prefix "wec_" does stop me in getting 
involved for several reasons:
1) I feel the prefix "wec_" does not state clearly that it could be a 
team project where people outside of "WEC" contribute.
2) If the extension is named "tx_xyz" it is a neutral name. The manual 
can state who is involved in the developing process.
3) I think it is not fair to the effort of David Bruehlmeier. When he 
started it was no "WEC" project, but a general project.
4) I do honor the effort of "WEC" and I do respect the religious 
background. But the religious background is not mine. So I do not want 
to develop in a "WEC" project.
5) The prefix "wec_" for me sounds like the extension is specially 
tailored for "WEC" needs. What we need is a general extension, that can 
be used for many needs.

So here is my suggestion for a road map to get the extension back to 
main community and then get an initial release in the TER:
1) If Christoph Koehler is happy with it, we could discuss about a new 
extension key that does not start with "wec_" or any other company / 
project / sponsor. - If the new name is settled I could take care for 
the necessary changes in the code.
2) There needs to be a project page, where the project is clearly 
defined and the milestones are figured out. This is a task Christoph 
Koehler has to do. He continued with the development so the information 
found here cant be up to date:
http://www.bruehlmeier.com/tx_party/uml/index.htm?goto=3:13
http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Party_Information_Framework
- When there are new milestones that are clearly defined I will take 
care for the solution of one after the other.
3) We need to gather together a coordination team. A team that knows the 
road map and the concepts. People like Christoph Koehler and David 
Bruehlmeier. Who wants to join in? Who wants to participate in the project?

My background:
I myself could probably not do much of the coding on the project. But I 
work together with some full time programmers. I employ / pay them for 
coding on the project.

greetings

Ron










Dr. Ronald P. Steiner schrieb:
> Hi List,
> 
> does some one happen to know the where about of the "tx_party" Extension 
> and the entire "party" project. David Bruehlmeier put a lot of effort in 
> this project.
> I think the idea of having a common framework to handle data of people 
> like mail, name, birth date and joining together the various information 
> like be_users, fe_users, newsletter-lists, ... is brilliant and very 
> promising.
> I read the Wiki and the team page of the project: 
> http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Party_Information_Framework
> But it seams like there is not much change these days.
> 
> Is the project still alive? Who is working on it currently?
> How can I support the project? Maybe a good defined programming task?
> 
> How about the authors of other extensions, like tt_address, 
> direct_mail_subscription, sp_directory, sa_adressexport, 
> sr_email_subscribe, gb_newsletter, sg_adress, ast_addresszipsearch, 
> m1address_us, cl_company_database, csextfeadr, address, rs_userimp, 
> dmaddredit, emailimport, dublefinder, icr_be_addr_dmail_cat, 
> kj_tt_address_mailflag, contactlist, feuserextrafields, sg_userdata, 
> eu_birthdays, bzd_staff_directory, ....
> What do you think about this project? Is it promising in your eyes also?
> 
> Has anybody already tested the tx_party extension? What are your 
> impressions? Is it a good basis? Was it already possible to include 
> newsletters and other extensions to it?
> 
> greetings
> 
> Ron