Post in looking into groupserver

Hello ,
i am coming here after having received a notification from Deryk.
This is a very nice piece of software that you developed.
i was wondering how many people are working on this project ?
I don't know much about Python other then seeing a demo online. It gave me the
impression that Python enables you to develop quickly while picking your nose.
i guess if we were adopting this software and wanted to adapt it to our need ,
we would be required to learn python right ? are there any other options ? We
have at the moment a PHP/mysql online application that manages a member
directory. I would like to integrate our existing system with groupserver (for
instance: people would become members automatically of various groups in
groupserver according to specific criterias in our member data, some would
become admin for lists according to their staff position , people would
register through a different system, login/password would be stored in a ldap
server etc...). is that something that you think is reasonable ? do you provide
some kind of documentation for that kind of process ? Ideally , i would imagine
using PHP to interact with the back end of groupserver , tweaking the interface
a bit while letting groupserver talk to our mailing server.
thank you for your time and greetings from Germany
Bernard Spigolo