development environment question

["bruce" <bedouglas@earthlink.net>]

hi...

I was talking with Ian Murdock yesterday, and he suggested I pose the
question to this group.

We're interested in creating a development environment that would allow open
source applications to be created. The development environment would go
beyond simply providing project management functions (ala sourceforge.net)
but to actually allowing developers to build/create/test their applications
within our network. Users would be able to add/modify applications on the
test servers to suit their needs. Such a network would have to be carefully
developed, given the inherent security issues.

The issue we're facing, is how would you go about constructing such an
environment. Does anyone have any pointers to information/sites regarding
this issue? Does anyone have expertise regarding the
construction/development of this kind of environment?

I kind of thought that given what Debian has put together with it's
development environment, that there might be people on this list who might
be able to provide some  pointers.

All reasonable pointers/assistance will be helpful.

Thanks

Bruce Douglas
bedouglas@earthlink.net
(925) 866-2790