PentaReplacements

Steps to help pick a new conference management system

1. Choose a system to evaluate and put your name next to it
2. Copy and paste the template below into a draft email
3. Fill it out with the answers for the system you've chosen
   • It's free text, change it however you need, but try to keep it easy to compare.
4. Email the result to debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org
   • Use a Subject line beginning with [penta] so people can ignore it if they want.
5. Discuss the resulting options via email and at meetings.

Systems to evaluate

Add any others to this list.

Software Name	Software URL	Language	Evaluator Name
Frab	https://github.com/oneiros/frab	Ruby
Zookeepr	http://zookeepr.org/	Python	Jimmy
OpenConferenceWare	https://github.com/igal/openconferenceware	Ruby
ConMan	https://github.com/herlo/ConMan	Python
Act (A Conference Toolkit)	http://act.mongueurs.net/ https://github.com/book/Act (psgi branch)	Perl	doesnt work
SCALEreg	http://code.google.com/p/scalereg/	Python
Summit	https://launchpad.net/summit/	Python
Open Conference System (OCS)	http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ocs	PHP	gwolf
Comas (reloaded)	http://github.com/gwolf/comas	Ruby	gwolf
Symposion	http://pinax.github.com/symposion/	Python
Terena CORE	http://code.google.com/p/terena-core/	PHP

Email template

Basic info
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Software name:
URL:
License:
Last sign of upstream activity:
Programming language:
Supported database backends:
Supported authentication backends:

DebConf requirements:
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Ability to manage attendee data:



Talk submission workflow:



Talk rating workflow:



Talk feedback workflow:



Reporting ability:



Internationalization capability:



Ability to extend in a maintainable way:



Any other DebConf features already supported:



Have you ever successfully installed or hacked it? Was it hard?




Overall summary
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Most important strengths:



Most important weaknesses:



Would you recommend we use it, and why?