On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:59:13AM +0100, Stephen O'Neill wrote: > Hmmm, not sure about using version control... I'm a programmer so I'm > happy to use it but not sure if it would be a barrier to others. That > said we're only talking about a couple of commands here. Wikis do store > revision history so perhaps that will suffice... depends what extra > formats we want to store etc - guess that's a question for Al as he's > the customer. >
I discussed this at length with Dave earlier, and came to the conclusion that bzr/launchpad would be a good way to go with this. We came up with a comprehensive but simple how-to to get someone up and running. I've tested it in a clean install of Ubuntu and it works nicely. It takes no more than 5 mins to setup the environment (including registering an email account and a launchpad account!). Once setup it's a very nice way to manage this and makes for a very easy way for multiple people to contribute. Later tonight I'll tidy up the how-to, and if I get time, make a screencast of it too. I appreciate that the idea of using bzr/launchpad (or a version control system in general) might put some people off contributing, but I hope we can overcome any worries on that score with a comprehensive set of documentation. Of course when I say "comprehensive documentation" people are probably going to think "oh jeez, I thought I could just open a text editor and go!", well you basically can, if you invest 5 mins up front to setup the environment. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
