A few thoughts, in no particular order...
Newcomers to <
http://plone.org/> see that Plone is mature, but may not realise how well development is progressing.
I agree that the plone.org home page is too busy, I recall (but can't relocate) the discussion about a change of layout. Let's assume for the moment that it remains unchanged. What might we have alongside 'Mature'?
<
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.zope.plone.teams.framework/1724/focus=1730> mentions the (currently insane) 'momentum'. Dictionary and thesaurus led from from there to momentous, impetus etc. but anything that suggests Plone as a moving target is not a great selling point. I wondered,
... | Supported | Mature | Progressive
or
... | Supported | Mature | Modern
or whatever suits the group. Food for thought, maybe for when plone.org moves to Plone 3 <
http://www.nabble.com/Time-to-move-plone.org-to-Plone-3--ts13502779s6747.html> and/or when plone.org is simplified <
http://www.nabble.com/Simplifying-plone.org-ts14658294s6747.html>.
What to have under 'Progressive'?
<
http://plone.org/events/2008-summit/next-actions-and-champions> is a great indicator of work in progress. At that page, I'd like:
> overview report
to become a heading, and for there to be anchors to
> Overview report
and to
> The focus areas
I find Trac reports such as <
http://dev.plone.org/plone/report/10> more reliable (more manageable?) than <
http://plone.org/products/plone/roadmap>.
For example, the roadmap omits PLIP 187 (I don't know about other related PLIPs) — that's a realism, not a criticism. I understand that roadmaps etc. may take a back seat — as if the Framework Team have nothing better to do with their time at the moment ;)
At Plone | Standards Compliant | Plays Well with Others | and thereabouts we have the shortlists, but no links for people to discover *how* Plone plays with LDAP, WebDAV etc..
For each one of these listed items, I'd like a link to a _very short_ page that outlines
1. the status quo
2. work in progress
3. acknowledged wishes that are not yet work in progress.
For each short page:
a. one champion
b. two proxies
c. a timeline for future edits.
The last three are a joke, by the way. I know how much we all love additional procedures to be crow-barred into our spare time :)
I'll happily champion (author/edit) one or more _short_ pages, but critically:
* I don't mind other people editing what I write
* I do find it wasteful when original thoughts are lost
* so I'll prefer to await Plone 3 with versioning/history.
Regards
Graham
