[meta-sig] Proposal: Web-SIG

[Ian Bicking]

After writing the Web Framework Shootout paper for PyCon, it seems clear
to me there's much of duplication of effort among the various packages
(the paper is available at http://colorstudy.com/web-framework/ for the
curious, though it only indirectly addresses the problems).

Following discussions from PyCon, I would like to bring together some of
the respective developers of these frameworks and related libraries to
cooperate on such things as: installation and basic infrastructure,
sharing and developing web-related modules that are reusable among the
frameworks, better sharing templating languages and interfaces, and
advertisement/promotion of Python as a web platform, to name a few
ideas.

After creation of the SIG, I would plan to specifically invite by email
the developers who might be interested in this (mostly developers of the
web-based tools, rather than applications), as well as making the
standard set of announcements.


Mission Statement:
    The Python Web SIG is to help the developers of Python web 
    infrastructure to collaborate and cooperate, bridging their 
    respective communities, promoting and refining Python as a 
    general-purpose web development language.

Coordinator: Ian Bicking <ianb@colorstudy.com>

Conclusion: October 2003 (six months, extending of course if the mailing
    list continues to be a successful means of communication) 

Deliverables:
    Maintenance of the WebProgramming Wiki page, currently a scattered 
    source of information about Python web programming, but still the 
    best we have.

    More code-sharing among similar projects.

    Ideally, greater code-reuse inside the libraries and frameworks 
    themselves (for instance, sharing application servers, form 
    processors, etc).

    A clear, canonical document/site presenting Python as a web 
    development platform.

Scope:
    This SIG is *not* intended to be a place for end-users of various 
    web software to discuss their particular problems, but as a place to
    discuss the advancement of Python web programming as a whole.

    "Advancement" includes both promotion, as well as technical 
    advancement.



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