COmanage Developers List

[Benn Oshrin <>]

On 1/3/12 4:12 PM, Heather Flanagan wrote:

>  Do we have the right distribution lists?

(More for Scott) Should there be a LIGO list notified?

> Do you think anything else should be in the text?

I think we should have a big disclaimer for now along the lines of

 THIS SOFTWARE IS FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY.
 IT IS NOT YET SUITABLE FOR PRODUCTION USE IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT.

Then perhaps a link to the roadmap?

Also, keep in mind we now have two products. We should always be 
referring to COmanage Registry and/or COmanage Directory. At some point, 
we might refer to the COmanage Suite, but we're not there yet.

> One thing I am concerned about is that there is no indication on
> the main page regarding how to get the software.  I know it's under
> Technical Manual, but I think something more should be on the main page.

On the wiki or the website? Perhaps a link to "Download & Installation" 
(which doesn't actually exist) should be placed in the bullet list on 
the wiki?

> I'm also concerned that as soon as we start doing formal announcements
> (which we should be doing Real Soon Now) we need to have better
> instructions for how folks actually install this. Comments in the code
> don't count. :-)  Benn, while you're doing the Cake update, is this
> something Marie can work on?

Moderately skilled sys admins should be able to follow the instructions at

 https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/COmanage/Registry+Installation

While the page could use some reworking, it shouldn't be necessary to 
read through the code to get installation going. We've been pretty picky 
about keeping those instructions up to date (albeit not super readable).

Incidentally, COmanage Directory should be 0.1 Real Soon Now, though 
it's pretty think. Not sure if we want to include it in the first 
announcement.

Also, we can't do an announcement until TSG gets anonsvn sync'ing fixed 
(otherwise people can't see the release).

-Benn-