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Referendum: a drop-in SmallEiffel web application for on-line communities
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Written by Lyn Headley.
Version 0.1
ref-0_1.tgz (114,000 bytes) - source code
laheadle@cs.uchicago.edu Lyn Headley (maintainer) mail address.
README for Referendum 0.1, first developer's release by Lyn Headley
What is it?
Referendum is a software package which I hope will play a number of
important roles:
- a drop-in web aplication used for understanding and empowering
on-linecommunities through the democratic process, based on a completely
open source foundation.
- An efficient and flexible open-source web application framework
for Eiffel programmers, called ewe and based on Apache, the Fast-CGI
web application architecture (through my own
Small-FCGI Eiffel bindings),
the Postgresql database (through Dusting Sallings'
Eiffel postgres bindings), the GNU Eiffel compiler
SmallEiffel,
and the GOBO portable
data structures library.
- a testbed for the future development of Eiffel libraries in
such areas as databases, XML, internet protocols and
multithreading (all are areas in which I see the project
developing in the future)
What state is it in?
The package is very close to a public release. Once I transfer
the project over to Sourceforge and set up the homepage and mailing
lists, I expect another week or two of polish-hacking.
Where do I get it?
Developers and Interested parties are welcome to grab this
(relatively stable) snapshot:
here
How do I use it?
It's all pretty self explanatory; you simply join the community,
propose an issue, propose some options, debate it for a while,
and vote for the best option. more docs coming soon.
What License?
Eiffel Forum Freeware License
Lyn Headley: laheadle@cs.uchicago.edu
Lyn's Homepage: http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/~laheadle/
04 February 2000 (Added to Eiffel Forum Archive: 04 February 2000)
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