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[contrib] RFC: downloadable Textpattern virtual machine & TXP-hosted test drive
I was thinking about the barriers to entry for prospective users of Textpattern. It dawned on me that a straightforward way to have people try Textpattern in a risk-free way, besides the opensourceCMS (which is still on v4.4.1, by the way), might be to have a pre-built, streamlined (small), Linux virtual machine download that can just be snagged and run. Perhaps make it available for Virtualbox, VMWare, Parallels, etc. Maybe even as a torrent to spread the download resources.
Alternatively, having the test drive situated on a Textpattern server instead of opensourceCMS would provide both useful diagnostics as to its use, and also remove the risk of having an old (and in this case a known insecure) version as the first thing prospective users see.
Thanks for reading. I’d love to hear your comments.
Edit: yay! I got thêta status!
Last edited by gaekwad (2012-10-14 10:00:34)
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Re: [contrib] RFC: downloadable Textpattern virtual machine & TXP-hosted test drive
I use vagrant for my local development and was thinking of making my Textpattern recipes available. It’s kind of rough atm but it mostly works.
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Re: [contrib] RFC: downloadable Textpattern virtual machine & TXP-hosted test drive
hakjoon wrote:
I use vagrant for my local development and was thinking of making my Textpattern recipes available. It’s kind of rough atm but it mostly works.
Looks interesting – and another pro-point for VirtualBox, too.
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