--- xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0030.txt	2004/10/26 00:18:41	1.1
+++ xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0030.txt	2004/11/10 16:14:15	1.2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 GLEP: 30
 Title: "Planet Gentoo" web log aggregator
-Version: $Revision: 1.1 $
-Last-Modified: $Date: 2004/10/26 00:18:41 $
+Version: $Revision: 1.2 $
+Last-Modified: $Date: 2004/11/10 16:14:15 $
 Author: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
 Status: Draft
 Type: Standards Track
@@ -47,10 +47,14 @@
 suggesting this should be used as an announcement tool, developers could also
 use this to get general messages over to the user community.
 
+This would also benefit our development, as developers would also be able to
+keep track of what other developers are working on and promote more
+collaboration amongst each other.
+
 Specification
 =============
 
-The proposed design is an installation of Planetplanet at a part of the
+The proposed design is an installation of `Planetplanet`_ at a part of the
 gentoo.org infrastructure, e.g. http://planet.gentoo.org
 
 We would also provide an installation of `Wordpress`_ or a similar weblogging
@@ -67,11 +71,17 @@
 a template), and outputs that html content to an area provided by a webserver.
 This should allow for ease of integration with any existing infrastructure.
 
+Planetplanet is configurable through a single configuration file, which lists
+the log feed URL, real name and user name for each contributing developer.
+
+`Wordpress`_ is a weblogging engine written in PHP.  It relies on MySQL for
+the data store.  After the initial setup, all configuration is done through a
+web-based interface.
+
 A group of people would be assigned the responsibility/CVS access to maintain
-the planetplanet configuration file, which lists the developers weblogs to be
-aggregated.  They would also be required to maintain the weblog engine
-provided, this is done through a web-based administration interface.  I would
-suggest the existing infrastructure team to have this responsibility.
+these two services.  I would suggest the existing infrastructure team to have
+this responsibility.  If required, I will assist with the initial
+configuration.
 
 The planetplanet installation would fetch and aggregate developers weblogs
 only, we would not accept non-developer logs.
@@ -80,6 +90,22 @@
 packages provide an XML feed (typically RSS) which planetplanet will happily
 fetch and process.  Other feed formats are also accepted, examine the
 planetplanet documentation for more info.
+In the event of a contributing Gentoo developer leaving the project, their log
+would be removed from the aggregation. If their log was hosted by ourselves,
+it would be closed.  For this reason, some developers may choose to host their
+log elsewhere - this is not a problem and is left to the decision of the
+individual developers.
+
+It is true that the addition of the planet to our website collection would add
+yet another source of Gentoo information to our collection; our users and
+developers are already overwhelmed with IRC, mailing lists, forums, and the
+central website.  In contrast, a lot of information is currently replicated
+over those mediums, but the planet would provide a taste of something new.
+Developers can choose their own topics and are free to write about things that
+perhaps would not fit into our existing communication mediums.  Additionally,
+the planet will attempt to bring some existing content together by linking to
+recent commits, bug lists, and dev.gentoo.org webspace for each contributing
+developer.
 
 It has been suggested that the activity of the planet may be an issue:
 although a lot of activity would make the planet very successful, it may look
@@ -105,6 +131,12 @@
 such a planet were to go live, other developers would be motivated to join in,
 and new developers joining the project would be keen on contributing.
 
+The success of the planet will be evaluated by examining the number of hits to
+the planet. 3 months after launch, one weeks worth of logs will be recorded,
+and hits will be counted. If the hit count for that week is below 1000, the
+planet will be deemed as not having met its target, and appropriate action can
+be taken if the planet appears to be harming our image.
+
 Backwards Compatibility
 =======================