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1. What are the objectives of an IFHOSP site?

1.1 Proivde common infrastructre for distributed software developement.
Incluing but not limited to version, control, bug management, mailing lists

To enable distributed software development for developers from different geographic locations
To provide tools needed to achieve the objectives of IFHOSP

2. What tools can be employed on an IFHOSP site and what are the important features and usability factors for each of them?

Tool 1: cvs   Source Code Repository

2.1 Brief Description

version control system
CVS (Concurrent Versions System)

2.1.2 What are the important features of this tools?

No Response!

2.1.3 What are the important usability factors of this tools?

2.1.3.1 Connectivity : The connection to the site is fast
Connectivity

3. What work practices and culture should be promoted?

3.1 collborative and distribtuted software development
Distributed style of development and decentralised decision-making
Cooperation and collaboration, encourage involvement of developers to share the load of development

4. What are factors that movitate users to use an IFHOSP site?

4.1 One stop prepakced solution that provides a great deal of needed
infrastructure that otherwise would be reinvented

Convenience - provides resources are difficult for an individual to maintain (e.g. web site)
Many tools are provided

5. What are barriers that prevent users from using an IFHOSP site?

5.1 Lack of control over hosted content
Not control the content and the development direction of the IFHOSP
5.2 issues of intellectual property
Intellectual property issues - the host of the IFHOSP may impose some rights to the projects hosted
5.3 Problems of knowing the hosted site is reliable and does not become
a bottleneck

Unreliable
Low bandwidth, hard to access

6. What are the positive results for users in using an IFHOSP site?

6.1 better more organized software developemnt
Centralised location for project management

7. What are the negative results for users in using an IFHOSP site?

7.1 No Comment.

8. What are factors that motivate adminstrators to setup or maintain an IFHOSP site?

8.1 No Comment.

9. What are barriers that prevent adminstrators from setting up or maintaining an IFHOSP site?

9.1 No Comment.

10. What are the positive results for adminstrators in setting up or maintaining an IFHOSP site?

10.1 No Comment.

11. What are the negative results for adminstrators in setting up or maintaining an IFHOSP site?

11.1 No Comment.

12. What are other important issues in IFHOSP?

12.1 How to build a robust system that scales across the entire internet, and allows for concurrent development in the face of network partitions.
Expanding an IFHOSP into multiple mirror sites to increase reliability and obtain more credibility from users


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