Hi there,
I have been around for quite a while and probably like many other members I would have loved to see more activity in the past years in this forum.
Nevertheless I still think Links is a great product and I do use and like it. If there are active users of Links who are interested in planing some future development with this great software I would like to discuss that.
I am not sure about what could be done and makes sense as we have to consider the legal background. There are some things that might be done:
I expect no major updates or upgrades from GT which is O.K. and acceptable for me although sad. That means on the other hand there should be no risk to lose information by changing the core code (making a fork). Probably GT has no problems with that as long as every installation has its valid license.
Another way: If there are a couple of people we could make some kind of fund collection to pay GT to make some improvements or changes.
As a third idea I could imagine developing some general Plugins where a group of people is contributing.
I think Andy still does great work in supporting everyone left in this forum and contributing new Plugins. Thank you for that, probably one reason there are still people around. It would be great to add a little more force to do something more.
I donīt know if Links technology and background is suitable for the future or if other programming techniques or languages do outperform this product. I have looked at RT, Bricolage and other things GT does support and there are impressive things/inspirations in the code that might not be done in Links without massive changes. On the other hand I donīt know if that is neccessary, does Links need to use HTML::Mason? I donīt think so. I am happy with the basic functions and it would be enough for me to see little improvements.
I would like to collect contact information of people who would like to discuss this idea. Please contact me at gt@master-productions.com or send me a PM or just comment my post.
Regards
n||i||k||o
I have been around for quite a while and probably like many other members I would have loved to see more activity in the past years in this forum.
Nevertheless I still think Links is a great product and I do use and like it. If there are active users of Links who are interested in planing some future development with this great software I would like to discuss that.
I am not sure about what could be done and makes sense as we have to consider the legal background. There are some things that might be done:
I expect no major updates or upgrades from GT which is O.K. and acceptable for me although sad. That means on the other hand there should be no risk to lose information by changing the core code (making a fork). Probably GT has no problems with that as long as every installation has its valid license.
Another way: If there are a couple of people we could make some kind of fund collection to pay GT to make some improvements or changes.
As a third idea I could imagine developing some general Plugins where a group of people is contributing.
I think Andy still does great work in supporting everyone left in this forum and contributing new Plugins. Thank you for that, probably one reason there are still people around. It would be great to add a little more force to do something more.
I donīt know if Links technology and background is suitable for the future or if other programming techniques or languages do outperform this product. I have looked at RT, Bricolage and other things GT does support and there are impressive things/inspirations in the code that might not be done in Links without massive changes. On the other hand I donīt know if that is neccessary, does Links need to use HTML::Mason? I donīt think so. I am happy with the basic functions and it would be enough for me to see little improvements.
I would like to collect contact information of people who would like to discuss this idea. Please contact me at gt@master-productions.com or send me a PM or just comment my post.
Regards
n||i||k||o
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