Dan, thanks for taking initiative on this. My vote is for a wiki and a mailing list.
The mailing list should obviously keep an archive, but ideally be more searchable than the current sourceforge mailing list archive (which I find to be quite painful). If signing up for the mailing list could automatically give you an account on the wiki, that would be great. -Rob dan wrote: > i have given my vote(wiki and forums = yes) but i think im done debating the > issue. this is all philosophy and philosophical debates rarely change > options and theirfore votes on a subject. > > so the next step here is probably so send a request with the possible > solutions to the developers mailing list and see what they think. the > developers would ultimately make the decision if this wiki/faq/etc etc > project were to be affiliated with the core project. of course we would not > have to be directly affiliated since this is OSS but it would be much better > IMHO. > > can we agree on that? if so, would everyone send out their recommendation > and i will compile them into a coherent proposal and send that on to the > developers mailing list and cc: the users list. > > im very ready to take this project forward. im not a programmer but i > understand the basics and i do want to be involved with this great little > project here and this is how i can contribute. > > On 10/10/07, Paul Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> les wrote: >>> Neither forums nor email lists are great for accumulating answers to >>> recurring problems in a way that others can find them. A wiki is >>> perfect for that but it takes some manual intervention to gather >>> information out of the the mail list and put it there in a more usable >>> format. >>> >> right -- without an interested/active maintainer, i find wikis to >> be more promise than content. there's not enough structure. >> >> i'd prefer something like a wiki, but more structured, something, >> say, with dedicated FAQ and HOWTO sections that could be edited >> easily, with automatic indexing and search capabilities. something >> like faq-o-matic, which is where i first saw the concept in action: >> http://faqomatic.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/427.html >> i'm sure there are others. >> >> paul >> =--------------------- >> paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 52.9degrees) >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
