On 24 Nov 2009, at 11:46, Søren Hauberg wrote:

> man, 23 11 2009 kl. 10:20 +0100, skrev Carlo de Falco:
>> Here I referred to the static part of the web pages, currently to
>> modify them
>> one connects to the SF server and modifies or replaces them in place
>> with a text editor.
>> I see many ways things can go wrong and I'm not sure whether any
>> backups are being made to
>> fix things in case of errors. A wiki usually maintains full history  
>> of
>> modifications to the text
>> so roll-back in case of errors is possible much like with a VCS
>> repository.
>> Furthermore, windows users are not likely to be familiar witha a
>> procedure that requires
>> * ssh via a terminal emulator
>> * edit a file in emacs/vi
>> * scp/sftp to transfer local files to the server
>> but I am sure they would be able to edit a wiki page.
>
> Okay, I understand. I don't think package maintainers will be required
> to do much (any?) editing of the static pages.

most likely not, it has happened a few times lately, but probably once  
the new version of the site will be in production it won't be needed  
any more.

> I can only think of the
> front page, as it might be nice to announce new package releases  
> there.

we could also think about adding an "announce" input field to  
generate_package_html
and automate the front page much like the package list page...

> If we go for the strategy of having a few selected people upload the
> package+html, then I guess the same selected people could also edit  
> the
> front page.

again this is probably the simplest route

> Søren
c.
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