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Josh Saddler wrote: |
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> Hey again. So there's some discussion (again) on starting up an official |
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> Gentoo wiki. Official meaning it's hosted on our infrastructure; e.g. |
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> wiki.gentoo.org. This time the discussion is coming from our fellow |
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> developers and infra overlords. |
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Our fellow developers or infra overlords have seen any problem in how do |
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we work and the status of the current documentation? This list is open |
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to anyone and I haven't read any mail saying so. |
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> However, it's been quite awhile since the last time we (the GDP) talked |
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> it over. Given our current issues of manpower and time (see |
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> archives.gentoo.org for commit totals), perhaps a wiki could solve some |
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> issues? |
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Let's face what problems we have in GDP and find a way to solve them. |
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The solution should not bring new problems or make our most powerful |
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features worst. |
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> The classic problems are: |
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> 1) Who has access |
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> 2) Who reports faulty articles |
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> 3) Who fixes them |
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> 4) Who verifies the article is correct |
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> 5) ??? |
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> 6) Profit |
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These problems appear when you are going against wiki principles, may be |
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are you trying to use a wiki for something which was not designed to? |
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> So, I'd like to hear what you think. Should we have a wiki? Why or why |
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> not? |
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What will be the propose of the wiki? More documentation? Written by |
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anyone and hosted in gentoo.org? Without being sure about its quality |
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first? If so, you have my "no, please". |
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> There's no question that having a properly-administered wiki can be a |
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> powerful asset. Look at Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, the Xfce wiki, etc. What |
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> about Gentoo? |
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Maybe I'm too ignorant but every time a look to Ubuntu or Debian wiki I |
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wasn't able to be sure about the 'official','review','updated' state of |
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the documentation. |
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Summarizing: |
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- If you think we have problems in GDP, let's talk about them. |
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- Seems to me that people is thinking of using a wiki not as a result |
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of a process to solve a problem. |
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- I prefer quality over quantity. Every step done shouldn't touch the |
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Gentoo Documentation quality. |
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- If someone is thinking of us involved in the wiki review or admin |
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process and all its fun, please ask first. |
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- If someone is thinking of replacing docs with a wiki, I really |
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dislike the idea. |
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Thanks. |
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Jose Luis Rivero <yoswink@g.o> |
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Gentoo/Alpha Gentoo/Doc |