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From: antonio.meireles@×××××××××.com |
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Subject: [gentoo-core] gentoo.org reorg (GDN/GUN) |
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Date: 17 Sep 2002 17:33:09 +0100 |
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for public review / comments / whatever |
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version 0.0.1 (14/September/2002 [18h00 GMT-0] ) |
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Objectives/Goals: |
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* have gentoo.org to function as a central hub to all our |
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(growing) community |
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* from an end-user perspective |
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* from a developer perspective |
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* from a multilingual/multinational perpective |
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* from an OEM/ISV/VC perpective |
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* from a non (yet) gentoo-user perpective comming from *NIX |
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land |
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* from a non (yet) gentoo-user perspective comming fron Win*/Mac |
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... |
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* from a (mainstream/IT) press perspective |
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* [insert here] from an yet not thougth perspective |
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Current issues/problems |
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* the current web site is confuse, graphically not very |
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atractive and lacks clear focus, doesn 't even have a search |
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function |
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* the current web site targets (almost) only english speaking |
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users |
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* there isn 't a clear separation between what is information |
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targeted at developers and what is information targeted at |
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end-users |
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* information regarding the same issues is disperse around |
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several places: Mailing lists, foruns, instalation docs, |
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bugzilla, etc, makind it hard to find for inexperienced users |
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* when one reach gentoo.org (non gentoo user/developer) there |
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isn 't a clear message about Gentoo nature, and what make him |
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different/better on the front-page |
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* the information/structure available is too english-centric |
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wich takes to the proliferation of national/regional gentooo |
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sites, which makes us loose cohesion and weakes the community |
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as a whole |
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* [insert here] other issues/problems |
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Watching how others handle the situation ... Four case studies |
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* Zope community |
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* www.zope.com |
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* www.zope.org |
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* Microsoft |
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* www.microsoft.com |
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* support.microsoft.com |
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* msdn.microsoft.com |
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* ActiveState |
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* www..activestate.com |
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* aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/ |
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* Red Hat |
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* www.redhat.com |
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* www.redhat.com/apps/support/ |
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Proposals/Remedies |
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split the current gentoo.org in diferent areas with clear different |
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focus |
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* www.gentoo.org |
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* here will be all the general stuff |
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* what is Gentoo (whith an high altitude FAQ) |
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* Advocacy Docs |
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* Social Contract |
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* Important News |
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* Propaganda Stuff (screenshots, users rave comments, |
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etc) |
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* Press Reviews |
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* Download Links |
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* [insert here] other relevant topics |
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* gdn.gentoo.org |
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* Gentoo Developer Network (here will be loccated all the |
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information relevant to developers - a cross of ASPN with |
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MSDN |
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* Developer Docs |
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* Bugzilla (developer side) |
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* Developers Only Knowledge Base |
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* Developers Only FAQ |
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* ARCH specific Documentation |
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* specific developer forums/wikis (see zope.org) |
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* developer Mailing Lists |
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* Hardware Compatibilty Guide |
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* i18n |
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* IRC logs from #gentoo-dev and #gentoo-qa |
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* roadmaps, etc |
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* [insert here] other relevant topics |
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* gun.gentoo.org |
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* Gentoo Users Network (here will be located all the |
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information relevant to end-users - a cross of |
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support.microsoft.com and www.zope.org) |
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* End-User HowTos |
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* End-User ARCH specific Documentation |
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* End-User Oriented Knowledge Base |
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* End-User Oriented FAQ collection (on the style of the |
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LDP) |
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* the three above items should be fully searchable |
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aand indexable) |
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* End-User Foruns and Wikis |
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* End-User Focused Polls (usabilty, features, etc) |
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* End-User Mailing Lists |
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* Hardware Compatibilty Guide (both by ARCH and by type |
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of HW (sound, networking, etc) |
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* shared with GDN, should have relevant info |
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extracted from bugzilla, forums, wikis, etc |
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regarding Hardware issues |
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* Bugzilla (end user side) |
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* [insert here] other relevant topics |
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* GDN could be mainly english based (as, like it or not, the English |
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is the lingua franca in this world) |
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* Both www.gentoo.org and GUN should/must support |
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internationalization of content rigth from the start ... |
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* GDN would only be accessible to registered Developers (with |
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perhaps different access levels) |
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* GUN would be acessible read-only to all, but to take really |
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advantage users should register ... |
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* [insert here] other relevant notes |
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All the best to all, |
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António Meireles |
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Daniel Robbins |
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Chief Architect, Gentoo Linux |
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http://www.gentoo.org |