Re: [Koha-devel] a couple of new projects

[Pat Eyler]

On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, paul POULAIN wrote:

> Pat Eyler wrote:
>
> >>About full MARC support : i'm "ready to play with the ball", but what is
> >>the exact question ? what will be the MARC support ? what do we need to
> >>reach the MARC version, what could it costs ? let me know, and i'll will
> >>answer promptly.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I think the big questions are 'What do we need to do to reach the MARC
> >version?',  "What is the (general) plan for getting there?"  "What would
> >it cost?" is a question best left for the RFP responses.  I'm sure that
> >specifics about "How to get there" will be covered differently in
> >different repsonses as well.
> >
> I think the answer to "what is the plan for getting there" is at :
> http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=ToDoMARC
> since a few weeks ;-)
> Note i think i'll add some ideas in the next days.

Ahh, sorry for not looking at that.  Thanks for the pointer.

>
> >Second to these (and this goes for all three of the projects) is 'How do
> >we integrate work for hire with the rest of Koha development?'.  E.g., my
> >hope would be that you and Steve would be the ones to bid on and win a
> >contract with Nelsonville to do work on the MARC project, but it's
> >possible that "Uncle Bob's Perl Farm" (UBPF) will come up with a
> >compelling bid.  You (Paul) will still be managing the 1.4 release series,
> >so we're going to need a way to ensure that UBPF's work meshes with your
> >vision and that 1.4 isn't thrown off track.
> >
> what do you call UBPF ? is it a well known organization or "SomeOne
> Coming From the Sky" ? I've never heard of this ???

"Uncle Bob's Perl Farm" is a non-existent (I hope) company that I made up
for use as an example.

-pate

>
> >-pate
> >
> >
> --
> Paul
>