That will be step one, I expect. Well, more like step 2. We need to request the new wiki first.
I will let this thread simmer for a few more days before taking lazy consensus on the subject. So far we've had a few +1s and no objects, and assuming that remains the case, we'll be free to proceed. On 12 August 2013 22:12, <[email protected]> wrote: > > A right, my bad. Anyway I took a look at the formatting syntax of > Confluence and it looks quite decent so count me in. > > Do we already have a list of stuff we want to convert or is that step > one? > > > Cheers, > > Octavian Damiean > > > > Two separate initiatives. > > Alexander has been moving some wiki content to RST. Stuff that needs > to go > in our manual. > > This thread is about moving the rest to Confluence. > > Help with either is appreciated! > > > On 12 August 2013 19:13, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm volunteering as well. > > > > As far as I understood it is about converting the "good" parts > of the > > wiki to RST, right? > > > > > > > > > > Octavian Damiean > > > > Launchpad: [https://launchpad.net/~mainerror: > > <https://launchpad.net/~mainerror>] > > Stack Overflow: [http://stackoverflow.com/u/418183: > > <http://stackoverflow.com/users/418183>] > > > > > > > > Okay, follow up: > > > > 1) Confluence has a CAPTCHA system, so we can drop the "you have > to be > > manually added to a list of approved contributors" rule. (If we > get > > spam, > > despite having a CAPTCHA, we can add the same sort of rule. But > at > > least we > > get to try it and see.) > > > > 2) Still looking at conversions tools. At this point, I think > I'm > > happy to > > volunteer to do it by hand. It's gonna be hard to automate this > stuff > > anyway. Our wiki is quite small, and we should be loosing about > 60% of > > it > > anyway, with Alexander's work on the docs. > > > > > > On 12 August 2013 18:43, Octavian Damiean > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > That's a +1 Form me too. > > > On Aug 12, 2013 2:33 AM, "Noah Slater" > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I tested CloudStack's Confluence wiki[1], and it seems > > perfectly fine to > > > > me. > > > > > > > > I am posting a quick note to Infra to ask them if > MoinMoin is > > likely to > > > > fixed any time soon. It's been like this for ages. > > > > > > > > [1] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Home > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12 August 2013 01:31, Robert Newson > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've no love for the current wiki stack, will > Confluence be > > faster? +1 > > > if > > > > > so. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 12 August 2013 01:24, Noah Slater > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > > > > > We're moving the docs to the source, which is great! > > > > > > > > > > > > However, we still have some stuff that we wanna keep > on > > the wiki for > > > > now: > > > > > > > > > > > > * Weekly news (not started yet) > > > > > > * Merge procedure > > > > > > * Release procedure > > > > > > * Release preparation > > > > > > * Test procedure > > > > > > * Committer election process > > > > > > * PMC election process > > > > > > * Community guide > > > > > > * Roadmap process > > > > > > * Board reports > > > > > > * Board report guide > > > > > > * Code of conduct > > > > > > * PMC charter > > > > > > * By-laws > > > > > > * Marketing guide > > > > > > * CouchDB vision stuff > > > > > > > > > > > > Um. Probably more stuff. That's just stuff I am > interested > > in working > > > > on. > > > > > > Anyway, this is all project-level stuff. Doesn't > belong on > > the > > > > homepage, > > > > > > doesn't belong in the manual. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been editing the wiki more and more recently, > and I > > gotta tell > > > > you: > > > > > > it's a bag of shit. I mean really, I pressed > "submit" on a > > change > > > about > > > > > 20 > > > > > > seconds before sending this email, and I'm still > writing > > this email, > > > > and > > > > > > the page is still loading. > > > > > > > > > > > > I dunno if any of you have had any experience with > the > > wiki recently, > > > > but > > > > > > it's been this slow for months. And I am not > confident > > it's gonna get > > > > any > > > > > > better. > > > > > > > > > > > > For that reason, I keep thinking about moving to > > Confluence. I'm not > > > > sure > > > > > > how much work is involved in that. Perhaps people > wanna > > help out? > > > > > > > > > > > > Might be a nice opportunity to clear out the stuff > that is > > in Moin, > > > > that > > > > > we > > > > > > don't want there any more, because it's in the docs. > (i.e. > > We just > > > > > wouldn't > > > > > > move it over.) > > > > > > > > > > > > If you don't regularly edit the wiki, I'm hoping you > wont > > mind the > > > > > proposed > > > > > > move. As I say, as someone who is using it fairly > > regularly, it is > > > > > causing > > > > > > me a lot of problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > (Though, I really don't need to be adding work to my > > plate. Perhaps > > > > > someone > > > > > > else would be interested in moving the content over? > > Eugh.) > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Noah Slater > > > > > > https://twitter.com/nslater > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Noah Slater > > > > https://twitter.com/nslater > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Noah Slater > > https://twitter.com/nslater > > > > > > > -- > Noah Slater > https://twitter.com/nslater > > -- Noah Slater https://twitter.com/nslater
