On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 16:06 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Karsten Wade wrote: > > >The DocsRawhide (rawhide of documentation) beta has been live for a > >little while: > > > >http://webtest.fedora.redhat.com/docs/ > > > >There are many purposes this basic technology can be used for. > > > >At it's core, it checks out the latest content from CVS and builds it at > >static URLs. > > > >This is fully draft, may burn your computer documentation. It's purpose > >is to let anyone view what is in CVS without needing a build > >environment. > > > >What are your ideas of what to do with this tool? What should we make > >it do? > > > > > My original idea behind the suggestion was to enhance visibility to the > documentation in progress and potentially get more reviewers and > contributors and bring in transparency to the project. Fedora > Documentation could sit into a portal with links and search for the > following information > > * End user docs > * Printed books - Fedora books from > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Books and perhaps > http://www.redhat.com/magazine/013nov05/features/bookreview/, > * Red Hat magazine > * Manual and info pages - see > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/FedoraDocsSchedule > * In progress docs (docs rawhide) with appropriate warnings > * RPM Package lists with meta data information about the packages. This sounds like a good application for Fedora Unity IMHO. > RPM The package descriptions in many cases are vague or outdated. I saw > a reference to the SELinux in the IRC meeting logs which applies RPM > package descriptions too. The Fedora documentation project should be > accountable for the end user docs, man and info pages, keeping track of > printed books and active involvement and coordination towards getting > more such books published even from the formal Fedora docs. package > description and website content etc to cover everything comprehensively. Tell you what, as soon as the contributors start the stampede, we'll get right on this. ;-) In the meantime, with only a few people contributing actively we're at our limit just for the things we feel are absolutely necessary - the Installation Guide, Release Notes, etc. It's a good target to shoot for, if we get more manpower. -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Documentation Project: http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/
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