[Rails] [Instiki] Call for contributors

[Ben Schumacher]

Alexey-

I'll take a whack at the OS X stuff. I was curious why there wasn't a
new OS X build with 0.9.2, but now I understand why. I'll see if I
can't get that taken care of ater tonight.

Cheers,

bs.


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:52:57 +0200, Alexey Verkhovsky <alex at verk.info> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Instiki is by far the most popular Ruby application that is not a Ruby
> development tool. Arguably, it is the _only_ popular Ruby application
> for the masses today :) RubyForge download statistics say so. In the
> last few days it is shaping up (look at CVS HEAD) as a Rails
> application. This change deals with many problems in the original
> Instiki, and opens up some new opportunities (undoubtedly, creating some
> new problems, too :)
> 
> If you want to contribute to this Ruby flagman, here is what you can do:
> 
> 1. Checkout the current CVS HEAD, look at CONTROLLER_TESTS file and
> write tests for the actions marked as not covered.
> 2. If you have submitted a patch earlier, please consider resubmitting
> it against the current CVS. No major new features will be accepted (this
> would be for Instiki 2), but bug fixes and other small enhancements are
> most welcome.
> 3. I am particularly interested in changes that make Instiki an
> idiomatic ActionPack app (layouts, .rxml templates, extracting other
> controllers from WikiController, security and other aspects to filters,
> etc).
> 4. If you happen to be an Apple man, volunteer to build native Instiki
> Mac releases (myself, the last time I've laid my hands on a Mac was 1986).
> 5. Finally, if you happen to be Why the Lucky Stiff, please release
> RedCloth 3.0.1 :)
> 
> Any other form of testing / fixing / constructive feedback about current
> CVS version is highly appreciated. To set expectations right, at the
> time of this writing CVS HEAD "works to some extent" - some features are
> broken (by ongoing porting, and the lack of automated tests at the
> controller level).
> 
> Bottom line: Instiki is an active project again. Pitch in.
> 
> Best regards,
> Alexey Verkhovsky
> 
> P.S. By the way, if anyone is wondering what is going on with RForum.
> It's more or less feature-complete. We are getting ready to migrate
> ruby-forum.org from phpBB to RForum in the next few weeks - to see how
> shall it cope with RealLife(TM).
> 
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