On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:28 AM, George Lee wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Right now I am using Plone 2.1 with CMFMember.  What does a layperson
> developer :-) need to know about where "remember" is going. Will it
> have the same out-of-the-box functionality as CMFMember in terms of
> automatic and requires-approval member registration workflow,
> easy-to-design-your-own-schema, etc. with a site developer needing to
> spend minimal time writing custom products and code?  Will it be
> designed for Plone 2.5+?

yes, this is exactly remember's scope.  it will be very similar to  
CMFMember, but it is built using membrane and PAS as the underlying  
infrastructure, instead of the persistent user objects of old-school  
user folders.

> Of course I'm tempted to ask what the timeline is given the
> announcement that a beta release might be around the corner -- but I
> will avoid being flogged with the open source reminder that if I
> wanted it faster, I should put my code and time where my mouth is. =)

heh.  yes, the timeline for an initial beta release is Real Soon Now,  
for some definition of Soon.  most of the core functionality is in  
place, but it needs more and better tests (and user testing), and  
some path for CMFMember migration needs to be built.  you can find  
out a bit more about what needs to happen by looking at the topics  
that are on the slate for the sprint that will happen after  
PloneCon:  http://www.openplans.org/projects/seattle-sprint-2006/ 
proposed-topics.  i expect that this list will change somewhat before  
that sprint, b/c some of the stuff will be completed beforehand, but  
i'm using that page as my working document right now for what needs  
to be done.

-r