[theforum] weo 2b: Suits you sir?
Sabrina Dent, Apperception
sabrina.dent at appercept.co.uk
Sun Nov 7 17:58:08 CST 2004
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> On Behalf Of Martin Burns
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> The third big challenge we have is the perennial one: Do we
>
> a) Customise a packaged CMS, saving a lot of effort (do we
> *really* need to code Yet Another Roles Based Authentication
> System?) gaining lots of useful new stuff that we've always
> wanted (eg i18n) and gaining a lot of other people's ongoing
> effort but perhaps replicating only 90% of the current
> functionality (say losing content ratings)
>
> b) Bespoke a system again, and live with the reverse set of
> benefits/disbenefits
If option A is customised, why are we losing ratings (or any other example
one might come up with?)
I think we've all ported various client sites to OSSs of one kind or another
and then hacked in some replacement functionaility (or added/built a plugin)
to deliver the full client spec. Why would this be any different?
I would suggest, however, that the code be carefully commented and anyone
writing a hack be required to document it for future generations of evolt.
--Sabrina
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