[Ldsoss] Scout Tracking

[Robert Nickel]

On 2006.07.07 09:13:41 -0600, Jesse Stay wrote:
> I agree Charles, but with one caveat.  I'm no dictator on this issue,
> however, my personal recommendation on any OSS software to be created is to
> be sure you all are releasing early, and releasing often.  An agile
> perspective to OSS development I feel would go a long way with many OSS
> projects.  Set some short project goals with short timelines (less than a
> month), and work to release that snippet of the project within that month.
> This will keep the project from looming on forever, and will get the public
> excited about receiving more in the future.  Think about a few features at a
> time, keep it organized in components so this is possible, and release just
> a few features at a time, and your project will be a huge success.
> 
> In light of this project, by taking the above method, it doesn't matter if
> it's using MySQL, Postgres, PHP, or Apache - so long as those are just
> components of the project, they can be replaced in a Windows version down
> the road.  What matters most is that they are but components of the project
> and not so finely integrated that they can't be replaced in some other
> environment.  Now, that's just my $.02.

I think it's relevant that I point out at this time that the classes I
submitted were done in php because that is what I'd done them in originally
and it's what I'm comfortable at this time.  I can make the same classes using
in a variety of other languages if that's necessary.  The whole idea in
releasing these was to get the ball rolling and let others see what it was
that I was thinking in a more concrete manner.

I hope that it works and generates more discussion.

At this point, I think we should just focus on the functionality and
underlying data store.  At the end of the day, if we get a good spec, the code
is easy and can be done as a LAMP project or a VB project with an XML data
store.  

Getting the design right is the hard part.

--Robert
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