Hi! Let me say something first before I continue with the subject: I'm *really* happy that someone is trying to change something, which you apparently do, and I'm even more happy about the two great articles you contributed! Three months ago, I also started to contribute and wanted to make everything better, but I got somehow disillusioned since then. That's why I don't don't fully agree with the changes and restored the version before these changes. Let me explain in detail. As it was just before my restoring, there were three links to pages that didn't exist yet. The links sounded great, but in order to make them keep what they promised, there is a HUGE amount of work to do! A hardware matrix with hundreds of different cards is nothing that can be done in some days, neither weeks (and probably not even months). What makes me think that is the fact, that there would have been the possibility to collect the necessary information (the [[Sound cards]] [1] article, the sound card matrix on the official ALSA site [2]...), but it has simply not been done. Too few people are working on that issue, so why would it be different now. So, when these link don't keep what the promise (which they won't at least for quite a lot of time), they should not be there. This is just confusing and dissappoint for the user and they take place that should be used by more helpfull links. Plus the impression of "under construction" (which will probably always be there somewhere) doesn't need to start on the main page. Finally, there are already pages that somehow have a similar purpose as three that would have to be created: The official hardware matrix [2], the Sound cards page [1] and Alsa preferred soundcards article. The don't do exactly the same job, but they do what can be done with our means at the moment. Again, I agree with you in the need to change something and I also agree with your point to move the [[Sound cards]] link up because of its importance, but I think that first, the content should be created and then, it should be linked to. I invite everybody to join a discussion about how to do that, preferrably on the community portal of the wiki [4]! For example, there are great propositions on [5] and [6]. Maybe a reorganisation can be based on one of them... I'm looking forward to hear from as much people as possible about his topic! Regards, Ingo [1] http://alsa.opensrc.org/Sound_cards [2] http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ [3] http://alsa.opensrc.org/Alsa_Preferred_Soundcards [4] http://alsa.opensrc.org/ALSA:Community_Portal [5] http://alsa.opensrc.org/Main_Page:Proposed [6] http://alsa.opensrc.org/AlternativeTOC Jean-Michel Pouré schrieb: > Dear friends, > > I made a modification on the front page of the wiki, adding: > > My audio hardware (please contribute) > * Sound cards - Installation guides and HOWTOs about sound devices > > When buying or trying to configure an audio device, this is the first > place to look, so I moved the Sound cards page in first. > > Also, I think it would be nice to add a hardware matrix. > The matrix should be sorted by vendors. > > This would be something like > My audio hardware (please contribute) > * Sound cards - Installation guides and HOWTOs about sound devices > * hardware matrix - Is my sound device supported? <--- general > page explaining the general rules for support, and listing > vendors --> > * Terratec hardware matrix (support table in rows and > colums) > * Edirol Hardware matrix > * etc ... > > Should we create the new hardware matrix pages? > > Kind regards, > Jean-Michel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
