Jason, It's not that I don't WANT to write documentation - I've written a lot of DHIS documentation since designing DHIS 1.0 in 1997. But it's difficult to do that without in-depth knowledge of exactly how everything works, what is supported and what is not supported - at the moment I just hitting what feels like one wall after another (bugs, design issues) to just get DHIS2 up and running properly for our 55-60 databases.
Anyway, let's see how it will work - I've "committed" too Regards Calle On 8 April 2015 at 15:50, Jason Pickering <jason.p.picker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Calle, > > I would agree with you and have acknowledged this as you say. However, > since a large part of the documentation has been developed purely as a > volunteer effort, it is what it is. As I also epxlained in the workshop > last summer (and several times on this list) the documents are open source, > you are free (as are all) to contribute to improving them.The core team > will be improving the documents gradually, as there is now central support > ffor this, and issues on GtitHub are most welcome. But like I said, if you > do not like what is there, feel free to get involved. > > Also, if you do not want to participate in the Stack Exchange, there is no > need to. We are trying this as a bit of experiment, and if it works, great, > if it does not, then we can consider other route. However, StackExchange is > a great resource for many technical communities, and it does not > necessarily need to be limited to "techie" discussion. It is quite a > difficult process to even get accepted into the site, but if we do, then it > could potentially be a great resource for the community . > > Best regards, > Jason > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> Again maybe - I'm concerned about too many avenues/sites for technical >> info that tend to change frequently, with the core team being unable to >> maintain them and increasingly not responding at all or responding with the >> usual RTFM (as you pointed out in your documentation presentation in Oslo >> last year, the documentation is poor and fragmented - it's next to >> impossible to find solutions to significant problems using that route >> because so many things are NOT documented or it's buried under a lot of >> techie lingo with limited or non-existent links to real-world issues as >> they are viewed by people in the field). >> >> I'm increasingly convinced that we need fewer documents/sites for >> technical info - and rather one major source that digs really deep into >> every single aspect of the UI and processes, outlining both what is there >> and what isn't. Too much of that is currently only in the heads of the core >> team, which are overwhelmed and not able to respond to the more complicated >> issues. >> >> Regards >> Calle >> >> >> >> On 8 April 2015 at 14:01, Jason Pickering <jason.p.picker...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Calle, >>> The thinking here is that you will not need to ask the core team for a >>> lot of stuff, so they can focus on other stuff. This lists gets a lot of >>> repeat questions and a lot of questions which could be answered if people >>> bothered to read the documentation. Stack Exchange offers a means to keep >>> answers in questions in a more FAQ type of format. It is not really meant >>> to be a replacement for this list, but a more searchable site than the >>> current mailing list (which admittedly is not always easy to dig through to >>> find a specific answer to a given problem) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Jason >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedb...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> OK, but getting answers (or even confirmation that the query has been >>>> received) via direct questions to the core team or via the dev list is >>>> generally difficult except for the simple/obvious stuff. Will adding >>>> another community forum change that? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Calle >>>> >>>> On 8 April 2015 at 13:27, Lars Helge Øverland <larshe...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> thanks to your help we made it to the last stage of the stackexchange >>>>> evaluation. We now need you to "commit" to using the site - your help is >>>>> appreciated! >>>>> >>>>> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/77757/dhis2 >>>>> >>>>> It only takes a second - please go to the link above, create an >>>>> account if you didn't already, and click the "commit" link. >>>>> >>>>> We believe that having an online question-and-answers community will >>>>> be very helpful for giving people access to DHIS-related knowledge. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>>> >>>>> best regards, >>>>> >>>>> Lars >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>>>> Post to : dhis2-d...@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ******************************************* >>>> >>>> Calle Hedberg >>>> >>>> 46D Alma Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA >>>> >>>> Tel/fax (home): +27-21-685-6472 >>>> >>>> Cell: +27-82-853-5352 >>>> >>>> Iridium SatPhone: +8816-315-19274 >>>> >>>> Email: calle.hedb...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> Skype: calle_hedberg >>>> >>>> ******************************************* >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>>> Post to : dhis2-d...@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jason P. 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