[GEM Development] Current status and future? and wiki's database lock

[José Emilio Mori Recio]

Hi again. I'm glad to see all the answers after my message, and the wiki2
back working. Thank you all.

So, I'll wait until the end of the year for news on OpenGEM 7 and the update
of Shane's site and its documentation and code. Meanwhile, I think a more
updated (currently, no updates for more than a year), comprehensive and
complete wiki, and an updated and extended FAQ about GEM/OpenGEM/FreeGEM
shared by all the GEM sites (at least, the ones whose maintainers are
subscribed here; almost all, I hope) could be very useful to get more people
involved in the project.

I have tried to begin that task, but when trying to create an account at the
wiki2, the answer was "the database is currently locked..." because "This is
the read-only mirror site; to edit pages, please use the primary mirror on
wiki.freegem.net..." but the primary mirror won't work, so I'm stuck there.
Anyone can fix that?

I have also read and visited the G-GUI project, which is interesting, but
I'm afraid it means more splitting of the efforts... I don't think there is
"market" for a lot of graphic environments over DOS, and I think GEM should
be the one to support because of its history and programs already available.
If there isn't much going on in enhancements, as Owen said, I think it would
be important to coordinate and join our efforts to get more (or some)
results. OK, I know open source means freedom for everyone, but maintaining
several compiting graphic environments or GEM distributions/projects would
mean confusing people, which would have to read about all of them in order
to choose; and they could easily forget about it if they have to spend that
extra time, as using (or developing) GEM is usually a hobby, and we all know
here that free time for hobbies is rare in these days...

Anyway, it's only my thinking, time will tell. I'll keep on watching this
list's news.

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