On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > Can we defer the research into another wiki? I would at least get into > Confluence and then move everything to something new, if desired.
Sigh. Please just take 2 minutes to look at what Sidewiki is. It's not something else we would move our content to, it's an alternative means for the community to add content to existing pages. -- Martin Cooper > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org
