On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:15:42 +0000, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
I think, for
you, as the end user, the most important is that it
does what you want, and I think Kiwix 0.9 branch still works pretty
good.
By Kiwix 0.9 branch, you mean the version that we used in Kenya? I
was
working with Jessie from the Foundation to create a separate version
with some Kenyan topics in it. The list of topics are here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools…
[1]. It would be great if we would get these topics in, since I doubt
that there will be a major difference in the Zanzibari syllabus with
that of the Kenyan syllabus.
Although I don't know exactly which version you use, this is one of the
0.9 branch (I guess the alpha6 or alpha7).
Really important is to make a difference between the software and the
content (ZIM files & fulltext search indexes).
Kiwix, as a project, provides both, but content do not depend on
software.
There is no particular issue for me to build special ZIM files... as
long as you exactly know what you want.
For an
official department I understand they need a little bit more
guaranty about the software. My answer would be :
(1) we are open to any structured project with concrete aims,
timeline, ...
I totally agree with you. I have also suggested a meeting with the
Zanzibari folks so that we can discuss these project details
thoroughly.
Great!
I don't know how is your setup at WMKE, but please take care that you
have someone with a good know-how of the software with you. Someone with
skills in the software business would be ever better.
(2) if they
want a professional support contract, this is also
possible.
What do you mean by ''professional support contract''?
Kiwix, like any free software, is provided as it is, without any
guaranty. This is not exactly what big structures want to deal with:
they need security/guaranties. This is the purpose of a professional
support contract. Here is a page with a little bit more details
http://www.ehow.com/facts_7563410_definition-software-maintenance-support.h…
Emmanuel