On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:54:48 -0800, Will Glass-Husain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to make a few changes to the web site & docs to make it a bit easier > to get started. Any comments on these items? > > (1) Duplicate the category "Docs" into "Docs - Release 1.4" and "Docs - Dev > 1.5". It's confusing that all the online docs refer to the latest version in > source control while most people download the latest version 1.4. This is > particularly a problem with the map literals.
+1 on the principle, +0 on the suggested implementation :) > (2) Move "TODO" to the Wiki for easier community access. And update it to > reflect more recent discussion. (according to SVN, this list is almost 4 > years old). +1 it might also be good to distinguish in this new wiki ToDo page the difference between items that merely have interest, those that have consensus, and those that have code in progress or patches > (3) Move "Contributors" to the Wiki for easier community access. Explicitly > list the names of committers. Move all people who haven't contributed in 3 > years to Emeritus status. This will make it easier for the community to > understand who is actively involved. +1, and if i may say, 3 years is damn generous. many apache projects mark those absent for 6 months as emeritus. i'd say on this project 1 year is about the right timeline for moving people to emeritus, especially if they haven't even been active on the lists. > (4) Remove "Specification" from the menu. This looks about 3 years old and > is out of date. I've never heard anyone mention it, and (despite reading > "This will be updated soon) it seems unlikely to be fixed. +1 > (5) Add a short section about "Building a Web Application" to the "Getting > Started" page. (with links to Velocity Tools). This deserves to be > highlighted. +1 this would be a very Good Thing, particularly as the core codebase gets out of the servlet support business. > Let me know if I'm stepping on anybody's toes here, particularly with #3. > > Best, > WILL > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
