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On 06/14/2016 09:32 AM, Nathan Zachary wrote: |
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> On 14/06/16 11:31, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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>> Hi all, |
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>> With the Gentoo Wiki being the sole handler of all end user (and often also |
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>> development, although the Devmanual is a separate aspect but not under |
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>> Documentation project anyway) we had a small talk on #gentoo-doc if there |
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>> was still a need to have the documentation project as an active project. |
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>> Because, you know, we're not active (beyond the wiki, which is doing great |
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>> btw). |
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>> I've been looking at what the project would still mean for Gentoo right now, |
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>> and if that would be sufficient to keep it alive. We |
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>> - have some documentation development guidelines as part of the |
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>> Project:Documentation umbrella (but which can be moved if needed) |
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>> - the translation subproject underneath (but again only with a guideline for |
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>> translations) |
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>> And that's basically not much, and a good reflection of how things evolved |
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>> in the past few years. Just keeping it in limbo doesn't serve us well. It's |
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>> a somewhat empty project, with its deliverables being implemented elsewhere. |
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>> So it's definitely not a failure, on the contrary. It's finished. |
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>> So personally, I wouldn't mind that we move whatever is still needed to the |
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>> right location (Project:Wiki most likely) and clean up (or archive if |
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>> needed) the rest. |
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>> But I'm also all ears for people who have some neat and innovative ideas to |
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>> do through the documentation project! So, what's your take on this? |
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>> Wkr, |
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>> Sven Vermeulen |
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> I would tend to agree. Anything that needs to be moved to the wiki can |
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> be, but otherwise, having a separate repository for documentation seems |
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> dated. |
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> Cheers, |
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> Nathan Zachary |
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> |
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Although I have not been part of the docs project long (only just over a |
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year) I do not see a need for two separate projects. As SwifT and I |
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discussed on the IRC in the channel, I think the docs project really has |
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no reason to be separate from the wiki. Since the wiki is the main |
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hosting platform for hosting documentation all doc development is |
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completed through that vessel. |
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Not to mention I haven't see any 'new' documentation written by anyone |
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on the docs team since I joined. No offense. :P |
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Kind regards, |
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Blast the maffer |
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