gvwilson@nevex.com wrote:
Hi, everyone. I'm sending my reply to Jim's message to the whole python-dev list; I'll send follow-ups to individuals if people would prefer.
* an issue tracking system to replace Gnats and Bugzilla;
* a build system to replace make;
* a platform inspection and configuration system to replace autoconf; and
* a testing framework to replace XUnit, Expect, and DejaGnu.
Jim Fulton asked: Are these categories fixed?
For the first round, yes
OK.
--- I have to prove that this model can solve small problems before I'll be given the funding to tackle larger ones, and I think that a UML modeling tool is definitely "large" :-).
Well, since you gave rational ..... :) <speech> Isn't the Open Source community especially good at large problems? Note that I'm thinking more in terms of an open source UML community of tools, based around an existing repository rather than on a single monolithic tool. I envision a community of diagramming and other small tools orbiting Zope or ZODB. The hardest part of a UML tool is the repository, and I think we've mostly got that. I think that what the Open Source community desperately needs are tools for managing and sharing the most important artifacts in the development process. </speech> Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@digicool.com Python Powered! Technical Director (888) 344-4332 http://www.python.org Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com http://www.zope.org Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), Sec.227(a)(2)(B) This email address may not be added to any commercial mail list with out my permission. Violation of my privacy with advertising or SPAM will result in a suit for a MINIMUM of $500 damages/incident, $1500 for repeats.