[linux-dvb] Re: wiki?

[Malcolm Caldwell <malcolm.caldwell@ntu.edu.au>]

On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 11:21 +0200, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> Malcolm Caldwell wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 18:30 +0200, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> > 
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>as you probably all know the linuxtv.org websites are quite out of date 
> >>and almost nobody of the developers is really willing to keep them 
> >>up-to-date. So I'd like to open a discussion how this situation may get 
> >>improved.
> >>
> >>May/should we try to use a wiki instead of the static webpages? This 
> >>would at least make it easier to keep the supported-cards list and the 
> >>DVB application link page more up-to-date. If so, which wiki 
> >>implementation should we prefer? Is anybody of you experienced with 
> >>this, are there any preferences we should consider?
> >>
> >>Another approach would be to import the web pages into the CVS 
> >>repository, then at least all developers with CVS accounts could edit 
> >>the html/xml pages.
> > 
> > 
> > I don't necessarily see the two as being mutually exclusive:
> > 
> >      1. A wiki for 'user' supplied documentation, howtos etc, user
> >         experiences/mini-reviews etc
> >      2. cvs backed webpages for more 'official' documentation.
> 
> sounds good so far... the Wiki administration files and style sheets 
> would be well-placed in the CVS tree, card-lists, application links etc 
> should be editable.
> 
> 
> > On 2: my position is: 'if the developer is responsible enough to write
> > the driver they are responsible enough to document it as well!'
> > 
> 
> :) the past told us a different story...

Yes - I did mean to add ':)' against that point!  

> Holger