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			==Description==
	=Description=
	<h2>Create a simple content manager frontend for non-technical users</h2>		<h2>Create a simple content manager frontend for non-technical users</h2>
	More info at [[SoC_Ideas_Simple_Content_Manager]]		More info at [[SoC_Ideas_Simple_Content_Manager]]
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	=Additional information=		==Additional information==

	This task would be to develop a front end for the most common SCM that would mask completely the underlying tool and would target people that want to contribute to open source, are not technically inclined, and don't want to learn. This tool would implement a minimal subset of SCM features with the philosophy that the user has the support of technical people to do complicated tasks.		This task would be to develop a front end for the most common SCM that would mask completely the underlying tool and would target people that want to contribute to open source, are not technically inclined, and don't want to learn. This tool would implement a minimal subset of SCM features with the philosophy that the user has the support of technical people to do complicated tasks.
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	* it should work on windows, Mac and Linux		* it should work on windows, Mac and Linux

	Zaroth: I [~~http://wiki.wesnoth.org/~~Zaroth_Simple_Content_Manager discussed] with the devs a bit about this idea, the information I gathered may be useful for you.		Zaroth: I [[Zaroth_Simple_Content_Manager\|discussed]] with the devs a bit about this idea, the information I gathered may be useful for you.

	= Whom to ask about this =		== Whom to ask about this ==
	* Boucman (original idea)		* Boucman (original idea)

Esr: Hide historical instance of "SVN" from mediawiki search to avoid false positives.

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	Wesnoth has all sorts of contributors that are not coders (translators, graphists, multiplayer developers, musicians, etc)		Wesnoth has all sorts of contributors that are not coders (translators, graphists, multiplayer developers, musicians, etc)

	A large part of these users don't know how to use content managers (git, ~~svn~~, etc...) and are not interested in learning. Wesnoth has been looking for a simple frontend to the most common content managers for those developers but none of these are simple enough for our use case.		A large part of these users don't know how to use content managers (git, svn, etc...) and are not interested in learning. Wesnoth has been looking for a simple frontend to the most common content managers for those developers but none of these are simple enough for our use case.

	{{#dpl:		{{#dpl:
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	* resolve merge conflicts		* resolve merge conflicts
	* build a report on the underlying SCM situation to allow debugging by someone else		* build a report on the underlying SCM situation to allow debugging by someone else
	* register as a handler to ~~svn~~:// and git://		* register as a handler to svn:// and git://

	'''things the tool shouldn't do''		'''things the tool shouldn't do''

Zaroth: /* Additional information */

2011-04-03T08:34:09Z

Additional information

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	=Additional information=		=Additional information=

	This task would be to develop a front end for the most common SCM that would mask completely the underlying tool and would target people that want to contribute to open source, are not technically inclined, and don't want to learn. This tool would implement a minimal subset of SCM features with the philosophy that the user has the support of technical people to do complicated tasks		This task would be to develop a front end for the most common SCM that would mask completely the underlying tool and would target people that want to contribute to open source, are not technically inclined, and don't want to learn. This tool would implement a minimal subset of SCM features with the philosophy that the user has the support of technical people to do complicated tasks.

	the following feature list is here to help understand the use-case for the tool		the following feature list is here to help understand the use-case for the tool
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	* it should integrate as properly as possible into the OS		* it should integrate as properly as possible into the OS
	* it should work on windows, Mac and Linux		* it should work on windows, Mac and Linux

			Zaroth: I [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Zaroth_Simple_Content_Manager discussed] with the devs a bit about this idea, the information I gathered may be useful for you.

	= Whom to ask about this =		= Whom to ask about this =
	* Boucman (original idea)		* Boucman (original idea)

Crab: /* Description */

2011-03-23T11:46:51Z

Description

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	\|suppresserrors=true		\|suppresserrors=true
	\|noresultsheader=''There are no submitted student proposals for this idea''		\|noresultsheader=''There are no submitted student proposals for this idea''
	\|category=Summer of Code 2011 Student Page&~~SoC Ideas IDEA NAME~~		\|category=Summer of Code 2011 Student Page&: SoC_Ideas_Simple_Content_Manager
	\|notcategory=SoC 2011 Not Submitted To Google		\|notcategory=SoC 2011 Not Submitted To Google
	\|include=#Description		\|include=#Description

Zaroth: typos

2011-03-23T07:45:30Z

typos

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	=Additional information=		=Additional information=

	This task would be to develop a front end for the most common SCM that would mask completely the underlying tool and would target people that want to contribute to open source, are not technically inclined, and don't want to learn. This tool would implement a minimal subset of SCM features with the philosophy that the user has the support of ~~technicall~~ people to do complicated tasks		This task would be to develop a front end for the most common SCM that would mask completely the underlying tool and would target people that want to contribute to open source, are not technically inclined, and don't want to learn. This tool would implement a minimal subset of SCM features with the philosophy that the user has the support of technical people to do complicated tasks

	the following feature list is here to help understand the use-case for the tool		the following feature list is here to help understand the use-case for the tool
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	'''other misc constraints'''		'''other misc constraints'''
	* python is the ~~prefered~~ language (all of wesnoth tool are in python) java could be used too (we already have some java code, so maintainability should be ok)		* python is the preferred language (all of wesnoth tool are in python) java could be used too (we already have some java code, so maintainability should be ok)
	* it should be SCM agnostic (the point is to lower the barrier to entry for non-technical users)		* it should be SCM agnostic (the point is to lower the barrier to entry for non-technical users)
	* the UI should not be frightening to non-technical people (I.E give some thought to UI design in your proposal)		* the UI should not be frightening to non-technical people (I.E give some thought to UI design in your proposal)
	* it should integrate as properly as possible into the OS		* it should integrate as properly as possible into the OS
	* it should work on windows, Mac and ~~linux~~		* it should work on windows, Mac and Linux

	= Whom to ask about this =		= Whom to ask about this =
	* Boucman (original idea)		* Boucman (original idea)

Boucman: /* Whom to ask about this */

2011-03-09T21:34:52Z

Whom to ask about this

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	= Whom to ask about this =		= Whom to ask about this =
			* Boucman (original idea)

Crab at 21:39, 8 March 2011

2011-03-08T21:39:37Z

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	= ~~Submitted proposals:~~ =		=Description=
			<h2>Create a simple content manager frontend for non-technical users</h2>
			More info at [[SoC_Ideas_Simple_Content_Manager]]

			Wesnoth has all sorts of contributors that are not coders (translators, graphists, multiplayer developers, musicians, etc)

			A large part of these users don't know how to use content managers (git, svn, etc...) and are not interested in learning. Wesnoth has been looking for a simple frontend to the most common content managers for those developers but none of these are simple enough for our use case.

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	\|format=,,<br/>See [[%PAGE%\|%TITLE%]] for more information.<br/><br/>,		\|format=,,<br/>See [[%PAGE%\|%TITLE%]] for more information.<br/><br/>,
	}}		}}

	~~=Description=~~
	~~<h2>Create a simple content manager frontend for non-technical users</h2>~~
	~~More info at [[SoC_Ideas_Simple_Content_Manager]]~~

	~~Wesnoth has all sorts of contributors that are not coders (translators, graphists, multiplayer developers, musicians, etc)~~

	A large part of these users don't know how to use content managers (git, svn, etc...) and are not interested in learning. Wesnoth has been looking for a simple frontend to the most common content managers for those developers but none of these are simple enough for our use case.


	=Additional information=		=Additional information=

Crab: /* Whom to bug about this */

2011-03-08T21:30:33Z

Whom to bug about this

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	* it should work on windows, Mac and linux		* it should work on windows, Mac and linux

	= Whom to ~~bug~~ about this =		= Whom to ask about this =

Crab at 20:40, 8 March 2011

2011-03-08T20:40:12Z

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	=Description=		=Description=
			<h2>Create a simple content manager frontend for non-technical users</h2>
	More info at [[SoC_Ideas_Simple_Content_Manager]]		More info at [[SoC_Ideas_Simple_Content_Manager]]

	~~<h2>Create a simple content manager frontend for non-technical users</h2>~~
	Wesnoth has all sorts of contributors that are not coders (translators, graphists, multiplayer developers, musicians, etc)		Wesnoth has all sorts of contributors that are not coders (translators, graphists, multiplayer developers, musicians, etc)

Crab: cleanup

2011-03-08T20:37:11Z

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	=Description=		=Description=
			More info at [[SoC_Ideas_Simple_Content_Manager]]

	<h2>Create a simple content manager frontend for non-technical users</h2>		<h2>Create a simple content manager frontend for non-technical users</h2>
	Wesnoth has all sorts of contributors that are not coders (translators, graphists, multiplayer developers, musicians, etc)		Wesnoth has all sorts of contributors that are not coders (translators, graphists, multiplayer developers, musicians, etc)
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	A large part of these users don't know how to use content managers (git, svn, etc...) and are not interested in learning. Wesnoth has been looking for a simple frontend to the most common content managers for those developers but none of these are simple enough for our use case.		A large part of these users don't know how to use content managers (git, svn, etc...) and are not interested in learning. Wesnoth has been looking for a simple frontend to the most common content managers for those developers but none of these are simple enough for our use case.

	~~More info at [[SoC_Ideas_Simple_Content_Manager]]~~

	=Additional information=		=Additional information=