"What's Next for PlanetMath/Planetary?" Preview #79
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Summary
Lifecycle stage: 1 --proto-- 2 ->- [3]--evolving-- 4 ->- 5 --complete-- 6 ->- 7 --mature-- 8
The main platform (including NNexus, Planetary, etc.) has been doing quite well, but work is going slower now that Joe has submitted his thesis.
Deyan pointed out that the system is not really as easy to install or use as, say, MediaWiki, so a reasonable effort should be put into making a quick-start dev / deployment strategy.
User interface also needs many improvements and a thorough usability review
If people are going to deploy many different instances, it would be great if they could talk to each other. There are a number of strategies we could use for this. Further, it would be useful to be able to easily import/export content from/to other platforms.
In order to progress to stage 4, we need a solid developer group making regular commits. If PlanetMath itself is going to remain relevant, we need to keep it as an integration platform for work.