From: Treesong <treesong-AT-treesong.org>
Date: 18 Oct 2006 00:06:55 UTC   (06:06:55 PM in author's locale)
To: dadaIMC Discussion <dadaIMC-AT-lists.dadaimc.org>

Hello,

We at the Big Muddy IMC ( bigmuddyimc.org/ ) have also recently
switched from dadaIMC to Drupal. I only played a marginal role in that
process, but if you'd like more of our thoughts on why we made the
switch, and what the details were like, let me/us know.

Love and Healing,

Treesong

Ben wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I am also curious about dadaimc dev status, and I have to admit, sadly,
>that I find it rather telling that no one has responded yet to Rob
>Wolff's query from last week.
>
>I help run the St. Louis IMC, which uses dada. We have a laundry list
>of errata discovered in the current codebase, and someday (?) I'd love
>to spend time trying to fix a few of these things, so as to benefit the
>rest of the dada community.
>
>However, if the future of dadaimc codebase is in question, I do have to
>admit some doubt in the utility of this time spent fixing bugs. For
>example, I notice our nearest neighbor Urbana-Champaign IMC, which used
>to run a heavily modified instance of dadaimc, has recently switched to
>drupal. Is continued support of dadaimc becoming quixotic?
>
>It would be really great to see frank discussion on this from other dada
>developers, or at least acknowledgment they are involved in the CMS
>evaluation process going now on in Indymedia tech collective.
>
>P.S. This conversation also applies to the radicalendar service, which
>is based on dada, and which itself has a number of "features" probably
>unintended by the authors.
>
>Rob Wolff wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>What is the current status for dada development? Currently, imc techs
>>are discussing the possibility of moving to a different cms, and I
>>wonder if this is a factor in the recent hiatus for folks working on
>>dada. List info:
>>
>>http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-cms/
>>
>>What will become of dada as this process moves forward?
>>
>>rob
>>
>>
>
>
>

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