On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org > wrote:
> +1 on MediaWiki > > The convergence on the Community Wiki was considered early in the > migration and it was concluded that would not be done. Kay Schenk might > have much to add on that, based on her interest then and experience since. > > - Dennis > Well, oddly, I don't have much of a dissenting opinion. I personally don't use the OO MW much, but have been using the cwiki a lot. I find it less quirky than MW to tell you the truth. I would be much much better to only maintain ONE wiki though regardless of what it is. Mostly I use the "Project Planning" area. So, +1 on only one wiki, and given the scope of MW over cwiki, I'm happy to go with MW providing the existing info -- marketing, planning, etc. gets moved > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jürgen Schmidt [mailto:jogischm...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 00:37 > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: Propose to Integrate Old OO Wiki and New AOO Wiki > > On 6/5/12 5:11 AM, Kevin Grignon wrote: > > KG01 - See comments inline. > > > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:35 AM, chengjh <chen...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> We see,the old OpenOffice.org wiki > >> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_Page has accumulated > plenty > >> of valuable information,including planning,function > specification,technical > >> documents and so on..Currently,the planning and project tracking parts > have > >> been moved to > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Wiki+Home,thatmeans > >> a > >> new start of the project.Because the two wikis are two different wiki > >> software systems,moreover, there are existing different writing styles > >> between them and writers need accounts for them respectively, it is not > >> convenient for writers to write wiki articles when switching between > >> them... > > > > > > KG01 - Yes, attempting to manage and maintain content on two wikis is > > painful and inefficient. > > it would be indeed nice to have only one wiki. We have unresolved issues > with the old wiki content (unclear licenses) but MediaWiki as underlying > wiki software offers more features as far as I can see and the editing > is smoother for me. Very useful extensions are used in several places > all over the wiki. > > If possible I would prefer to move forward with MediaWiki > > Juergen > > > > > So, I propose to create a new wiki for developers to record > >> technical documents,technical review,proposals/ideas,function > specification > >> and design,and so on by sub-project categories, for example,we can move > the > >> scope of teams section from the old OO wiki to the new wiki, or *extend > the > >> scope of > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Wiki+Hometo > >> include these areas. > > > > > > KG01 - While I appreciate that there is a focus on "development" in the > > open source world, I would suggest that the effort is much broader. I > > personally prefer open source product development ;) Delivering > > sustainable, compelling and delightful products is the domain of an > > interdisciplinary team, not just technical folks. Any future wiki > strategy > > should address the needs of all project stakeholders and contributors. > > > > > >> *Thus, in the future,the new wiki will only keep a > >> link to the old OO wiki which takes as the history data and continue to > >> accumulate new project data to benefit the project and > contributors..Please > >> comment...thanks. > >> > >> > > KG01 - Archiving older content as is, and including references from the > new > > wiki makes sense. A one-time migration of relevant data would be > important, > > however, any older content could be left as is in the archives. To help > > differentiate old versus new, we might consider a different tool. As a > > better user experience is important, this seems like a good time to move > to > > a newer wiki tool. > > > > > >> -- > >> > >> Best Regards,Jianhong Cheng > >> > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Everything will be all right in the end... if it's not all right then it's not the end. " -- Sonny, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
