From: Michael Neumann <mneumann@...>
Date: 2005-06-28T02:53:24+09:00
Subject: Re: [Project Idea] RCM - A Ruby Configuration Management System

Am Monday 27 June 2005 18:35 schrieb gabriele renzi:
> Michael Neumann ha scritto:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there anyone interested in joining a project that aims at creating a
> > Monotone (www.venge.net/monotone) inspired distributed configuration
> > management system in Ruby?
> >
> > Major goal is clean and understandable code, good abstractions and high
> > code quality, from which further ideas could be implemented more easily
> > than is the case for Monotone (at least for me).
> >
> > Ultimate goal of course is the switch from CVS to RCM for the development
> > of the ruby interpreter ;-)
> >
> > Or do we want to let Python win the race? ;-)
>
> have you considered joining forces with Zed Shaw's FastCST?

Yes, I wrote him an email just before writing this.

> I don't know what features you're planning to take out from monotone,
> but since FCST is based on the idea of plugins to add functionalities, I
> imagine you could possibly add them..

Mainly how Monotone works internally. But the plugin idea is definitly an 
interesting idea...

Main problem is that it has to be accepted and used by a couple of people. 
Using a CM system alone is no fun.

Regards,

  Michael