[Debian-NP-Commits] r172 - trunk/docs/report/report-docbook

[micah]

Author: micah-guest
Date: Thu Jul 15 11:24:50 2004
New Revision: 172

Modified:
   trunk/docs/report/report-docbook/future.xml
Log:
First docbookification of the future chapter


Modified: trunk/docs/report/report-docbook/future.xml
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--- trunk/docs/report/report-docbook/future.xml	(original)
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "docbookx.dtd">
+
+<sect1>
+  <title>The Future</title>
+  
+  <sect2>
+    <title>Debian-NP GNU/Linux Distributions</title> 
+    
+    <para>The Debian-NP Bagunça team has actively continued work on
+    the projects described in the rest of the document. The future
+    will undoubtedly see continuing work on these projects initiated
+    during DebConf. As only one example, an installable version of
+    Debian-NP using the next generation Debian Installer will be
+    officially released in the near future. It is based on work begun
+    in Porto Alegre and through relationships fostered in that
+    period.</para>
+
+    <para>Additionally, the team identified a number of short-term
+    plans and goals:</para>
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+
+      <listitem>
+	<para>Continue work on the installer, the package lists, and
+   package customization until the software becomes stable and usable
+   enough for us to use it ourselves;</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+	<para>Finish and begin testing the LDAP schema implementation
+	and user management tools;</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+	<para>Begin moving servers managed by Debian-NP developers to
+	a Debian-NP server solution to test in the real-world;</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+	<para>Create a pbuilder infrastructure to make a woody based
+	release of Debian-NP workstation;</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+	<para>Move our work to within the CDD infrastucture to allow
+	for re-branding and derivative customization of the Debian-NP
+	by other non-profits and other organizations;</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+	<para>Track, map, foster and contribute to the development of
+	software of specific interest to non-profits like member
+	management fundraising databases;</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+    <para>The Debian-NP team expects upcoming releases of
+    distributions for both servers and desktops in the very near
+    future based on work done in Porto Alegre.</para>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2>
+    <title>Documentation Projects</title>
+    
+    <para>Several important documentation projects were also
+    identified. These include:</para>
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+
+      <listitem>
+	<para>A project to collect and share best practices from
+	non-profit users and to other users as a way of helping users
+	play a more active role in the project.</para>
+      </listitem>
+      
+      <listitem>
+	<para>Continue work on a document describing ways to fund
+	development without impairing the openness and cooperation in
+	the community of volunteers using the funding spent on the
+	this meeting as one example and Debian-NP as a larger setting
+	for examples.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+    </itemizedlist>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2>
+    <title>Future Funding</title> 
+    
+    <para>Building off the thinking described in the last section and
+    the talk on financing volunteer projects given at FISL. The
+    Debian-NP project is interested in working on finding creative
+    ways to create a funding proposal for aiding in the continued
+    development on Debian-NP and in particular the Debian-NP server
+    project.</para>
+    
+  </sect2>
+</sect1>
+
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