[Cosmo-dev] Re: [Scooby-dev] Cosmo/Scooby Merge (Please read and comment)

[Brian Moseley]

On 7/14/06, Bobby Rullo <br at osafoundation.org> wrote:

> You've done an excellent job of saying why the Scooby merge wouldn't
> be a bad idea. But could you summarize what are the wins here?
> Looking through the email trial I found (in order of importance):
>
>         + reduction of code
>         + less dependence on external libraries

 + significantly lower complexity makes it easier to test and debug
and less bugs will occur
 + easier for new developers to come up to speed
 + easier to build ecosystem features without resorting to hacks like magic urls
 + merging the two uis removes an artifical separation - right now you
have to remember where to go to look at your calendar vs change your
password - and iirc one of the proposed scooby 0.3 features duplicates
cosmo account registration
 + developers now have a reason to become more familiar with all parts
of the system, and we won't have the problem of one developer being
the only qualified person to build certain features
 + we'll only have one product to manage releases for, to document, to
manage in source code control
 + more PPD attention to cosmo as a result of integrating uis
 + easy, quick integration with cosmo features like atom feeds

etc etc