Well, I could certainly add a few lines to the "getting started" section since I just got started. But how do I edit the wiki? I created a macosforge account but I don't see any "edit this page" links in the wiki.
--- James Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 10, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > >> If there isn't, there should really be a Wiki > page with all > >> Portfile variables. Just the names would already > be helpful, > >> although it should obviously contain an > explanation in the end. > > > > The documentation used to have that, or at least > most of the useful > > variables. We currently have no documentation, > however. > > I know all of us would love to see better > documentation and a better > experience on first arrival to the MacPorts site. > Despite complaints > from time to time, nobody has stepped up to the > chore to really make > things better. > > Some resources: > > - We have an xml file containing all the > documentation from the old > site. > > - We hope to bring online soon a RoR app that will, > among other > things, provide listings of ports. One possibility > would be to also > use this as a server for the site front-end and > other documentation, > either to be served from statically generated pages > or from the > database. > > - We also have our WordPress site in all of its > unglory, which we > might hack on as needed. > > - Or something else. > > - Thomas Reifferscheid at Johannes > Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in > germany has graciously offered some hosting and > bandwidth for > whatever services we need to host a site. Apple will > likely also at > some point have the resources to allow us to host > more of our site at > MacOSForge (they are currently trying to hire an > admin for that site). > > Some vision: > > - We need somebody with the vision, drive, and > determination to fix > the documentation end of things, including pursuing > one of the > options above. Portmgr would love to hear from you > if you'd like to > pull this off. > > - We really need a nicely designed front-presence > that describes the > project and gives access to ports and documentation. > Our current > front end does those things only marginally. > > Volunteers? > > James_______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > macports-users@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users > ____________________________________________________________________________________Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
