[kdewebdev-site] Looks like i gotta upgrade / Getting sorted

[Eric Laffoon]

On Sunday 12 December 2004 03:29 pm, Dave Reddish wrote:
> On a side note looks like my dev server needs updating as
> domxml_open_file() just failed while i was writing some test stuff.(still
> got that terribly old (anything pre php5 apparently) version running)

PHP5 is not even in unstable for AMD64 on Gentoo but I think people are not 
having trouble with it. As soon as I upgrade my notebook I'm in good shape. 
That will happen once I have found one last bug on kittyhooch.com. Then it 
moves too. Then again I may do a multiple profile and run PHP4 on my desktop 
so I could do it sooner.
>
> Given Eric's pretty relentless upgrade path i think maybe a lot of us are
> going to have to!

Another thing I want to do is start using Subversion and WebDAV. I think it 
would be good for us from the standpoint of developing Quanta and also I 
believe there are advantages for us writing the site. I am thinking of doing 
a Kommander front end for subversion.
>
> Probably best to do it now and get it out of the way for anyone who's going
> to get involved with the site on the coding end
>
> On a major note the first thing we could do with is sorting out what we
> need for the back-end in terms of data organisation requirements and set
> out our stall. I think that once we know what we need and get the data
> sorted everything else will start to flow pretty rapidly from there

I have a fairly complete database design that is currently on a legal pad. The 
concept is for organizing the developer section. I also need to get PostGre 
SQL running locally. As I understand there is already back end code for it 
with KNewStuff. I will also be rewriting my database classes. So when we have 
everything moved to the new rack server I will be putting this up.

In the mean time I am waiting for templates from Dave for the application 
sections. We should also use our personal areas for posting any extensive 
revisions or designs for review.

Of course just because I'm finally dragging myself into this doesn't mean I'm 
not still totally insane. ;-) Hopefully I will get over being exhausted and 
finish a few things and pick up the pace.

BTW I will also be doing a separate site for support which I plan to do some 
interesting things with and offer inexpensive memberships to support our 
sponsored development. It will be a separate project, but anyone interested 
in contributing there can let me know too.

-- 
Eric Laffoon
Project Lead - kdewebdev module