I'd say let's also plan on switching to Dropbox pro as we do that so we can get some file recovery and version tracking features. One thing that already makes me uncomfortable about Leanpub is that it would be too easy for any one of us to accidentally delete a file in one of the synced folders, only to lose it forever so far as I can tell.
Karl, to answer one of your previous questions about why Leanpub, one thing that it gives us is an easy way to create a polished product using Markdown, in PDF and also in formats for Kindle and iPad. When it comes all the way down to the end user I see some value in that, but I am not convinced that these are very handy formats for an admin who is trying to troubleshoot an installation, for example. I have probably suggested this before, but since we are already on Atlassian maybe it would be a good idea to switch to Confluence for documentation? For those who care about being able to hold a book (or even a digital book) I understand that this solution would not be ideal. I know that there are drawbacks to using wiki formats too, so it's altogether possible that I am missing something important here. Just a thought. No doubt there are others here who have done this before and have opinions on what works or not. Yiannis Yiannis Avramides Program Associate WORLD MONUMENTS FUND 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2412 New York, NY 10118 Tel: +1 (646) 424-9594, ext. 224 iavrami...@wmf.org<mailto:iavrami...@wmf.org> www.wmf.org<http://www.wmf.org/> www.facebook.com/worldmonuments From: archesproject@googlegroups.com [mailto:archesproject@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of dwuthr...@fargeo.com Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 2:40 PM To: Karl Fogel Cc: Yiannis Avramides; archesproject@googlegroups.com; Alison Dalgity Subject: Re: [Arches] Documentation at LeanPub now requires login? Er... Was there some reason we weren't doing that before? :-) Mostly lack of demand. Everyone who has expressed any interest in contributing to the documentation effort is granted access to the markdown. All files are hosted on dropbox, and it would be a trivial effort to make the folder public. To me its really just a matter of deciding to manage a (hopefully) larger number of contributors to the documentation. On Feb 27, 2014, at 11:28, Karl Fogel <kfo...@opentechstrategies.com<mailto:kfo...@opentechstrategies.com>> wrote: "dwuthr...@fargeo.com<mailto:dwuthr...@fargeo.com>" <dwuthr...@fargeo.com<mailto:dwuthr...@fargeo.com>> writes: All Leanpub does is read Markdown files. There's nothing stopping us from making the Markdown files publicly available, thereby allowing anyone to access and edit. The arches project website might be a good place to allow people access to the files. Of course, there will need to be some kind of vetting of edits that are contributed. Yup -- just the same as with program source code changes. In any case, we can choose to use these publicly edited documentation files as the input to Leanpub to generate new documentation. All in all, I don't think the problem is a technical one; rather its simply deciding to allow open access to the documentation files and begin managing the community-driven editing process. Was there some reason we weren't doing that before? :-) -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com<mailto:archesproject@googlegroups.com>. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
