+1 on the idea.
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Mike Pumphrey <m...@opengeo.org> wrote:
> Hi folks. By my estimate, the last time we had a true documentation push
> was prior to the release of 2.0.0, about three years ago. I think it may
> be time to do another one.
>
> I was reminded of this recently as I found a tutorial page [1] that
> mentioned how the www/ directory would allow you to serve even "a full
> installation of MapBuilder". MapBuilder, if I'm not mistaken, was retired
> in 2008. :)
>
> A trivial example, mind you, but there are still screenshots from the
> 1.7.x series [2], documentation on extensions that no longer exist [3], and
> other small bummers that come from a general lack of curation.
>
> With this in mind, is there any interest in a documentation sprint,
> possibly hosted in the OpenGeo (NYC) office? The goal would be to clean
> up, update, curate, reorganize, fill gaps, and perform other tasks that
> aren't covered by our day-to-day operation.
>
> We've come a long way, and I think we should be proud of what we have.
> That said, I think we can still strive for improvement. Spending a little
> bit of time directly addressing our documentation will pay dividends over
> the long term, and make what we have easier to maintain.
>
> Interested? Thoughts?
>
>
> [1] http://docs.geoserver.org/2.2.0/user/tutorials/staticfiles.html
> [2]
> http://docs.geoserver.org/2.2.0/user/googleearth/tutorials/time/time.html
> [3] http://docs.geoserver.org/2.2.0/user/extensions/styler.html
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Pumphrey
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>
>
>
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