Can we defer the research into another wiki? I would at least get into Confluence and then move everything to something new, if desired.
Paul On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Martin Cooper <mart...@apache.org> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: >> Thanks Martin and Wendy for your replies. >> >> On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Martin Cooper <mart...@apache.org> wrote: >>> If you're concerned about the need for committership, then certainly >>> the bar is a bit higher than just filing an iCLA. However, it's >>> absolutely possible to gain committership for documentation, rather >>> than code. I can think of two people, off the top of my head, who have >>> been given committership in Struts primarily for documentation, at >>> least initially. If there are people who are contributing patches for >>> the docs, then perhaps we should be looking at that. >> >> I didn't know people could be given committer rights to only >> documentation. Last time I probed this topic, I was told (and the >> email thread exists somewhere) that there are no such thing as partial >> rights -- you get to commit access to everything (or nothing) under >> the struts group. > > That's not what I meant. Sorry if I wasn't clear. It's still true that > commit access is for all of the Struts repo and not for pieces of it. > What I meant is that people can earn commit rights on the basis of > their work on documentation. Merit is not confined only to code. > > -- > Martin Cooper > > >> Since Confluence is a different system, perhaps >> things became more lenient when I wasn't looking. >> >>> One other option that comes to mind is Sidewiki. I haven't actually >>> played with this myself yet, but it seems like it might be an >>> interesting option for allowing anyone to add content and comments >>> alongside the official docs. Anyone have an opinion on how viable, or >>> otherwise, this might be? >> >> I wasn't hoping to open up a new wiki discussion ;-) but I do remember >> some committers saying they're unhappy with Confluence. If all of >> Struts could put their documentation in one place, I am willing to go >> wherever the group decides. >> >>> So I guess what I'm saying is that no, I don't think I have "technical >>> objections", but I think there might be other alternatives worth >>> discussing too. Migrating the docs would not be an easy task! >> >> Yes, I don't look forward to it, but I think keeping it in SVN is akin >> to being frozen in an ice-berg. Even I hate editing it. Anyway, with >> the help of Lukasz, I hope it is easier. >> >> Paul >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org
