I think “wiki" itself works well for this, real-time chat and pages where we can use images and formatting and various linking and keep it simple. A little less ‘moderated’ and a bit more a shared scratch area people can post whatever they think is useful.
I also agree the old stuff is more outdated or misinformation and really we should just start again. Where can we put this sort of thing? A free wiki service or install one on a server? I guess I could set something up-- > On Nov 1, 2020, at 2:53 PM, Hugi Thordarson <h...@karlmenn.is> wrote: > > I kind of hate Slack as well. But unfortunately it currently seems like the > nicest place for real time chat. > > I agree about the worries of divergence. We need to re-establish WOCommunity. > > As for the old wiki pages, I think they should just be plain abandoned and > buried. There's more misinformation there than information. If we make a > replacement I think it should be more of a blog-style, linking to articles > that people can maintain themselves, like your Docker/WO work that I would > love to hear more about :). > > - hugi > > > >> On 1 Nov 2020, at 18:09, Jesse Tayler <jtay...@oeinc.com >> <mailto:jtay...@oeinc.com>> wrote: >> >> I hate slack but we could use a channel like that, I worry about any form of >> divergence because we’re already few and far between >> >> I have had great luck with Docker and WO and have a few modern frameworks >> that help keep our apps nicely modern and I’m actually really happy with the >> results so I still love WO and haven’t found anything I could wield that >> kind of power. >> >> I should put the Docker stuff into a WIKI page, but I’m also wondering about >> the ‘old’ wiki and who’s maintaining any of that or if we should largely >> start again or something. >> >> Ideas? >> >> >> >>> On Nov 1, 2020, at 1:06 PM, Hugi Thordarson via Webobjects-dev >>> <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com <mailto:webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> The Slack channel is in no way or form meant to be a secret. It's something >>> I started for fun a during a WOWODC session and the more people that join >>> the better! >>> >>> I thought it was "common knowledge" by now but I can absolutely understand >>> how the channel can be perceived as "secret", since it's not mentioned >>> anywhere. Totally my bad and I'll work to fix it. It's a problem that goes >>> deeper than just that particular channel. >>> >>> - hugi >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 1 Nov 2020, at 17:49, Marc Günther via Webobjects-dev >>>> <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com <mailto:webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Sorry to bother everyone, but I can find absolutely no information about >>>> this anywhere. I wouldn't even know whom to ask. >>>> >>>> Apparently there is a WOCommunity Slack channel since quite a while now: >>>> - https://wocommunity.slack.com <https://wocommunity.slack.com/> >>>> >>>> I would be very interested to join, but I cannot find a sign up link >>>> anywhere, or a contact person, or any mention of it on the wiki. Is there >>>> a particular reason that this channel is kept so secret? Only for the >>>> elite clique of WOnder contributers and not for the common WebObjects >>>> developer? >>>> >>>> I was recently interested in Elm, and I could just join their Slack and >>>> say Hi, and ask questions. It felt very welcoming for new users. >>>> >>>> Now, I know there won't be any new users for WO, but it would still be >>>> nice if there wouldn't be this air of mystery about the whole thing. I >>>> mean with the Wiki being out of date for like 5 years, WOInstaller broken, >>>> etc. I recently had to setup WebObjects for development and for deployment >>>> on some new machines (MacOS Catalina), and documented the entire process, >>>> so I thought, I could update the information on the wiki, but I don't have >>>> an account there either, and likewise, no idea on who to ask about it. >>>> >>>> Greetings from Sweden, >>>> Marc >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com >>>> <mailto:Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com>) >>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/hugi%40karlmenn.is >>>> <https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/hugi%40karlmenn.is> >>>> >>>> This email sent to h...@karlmenn.is <mailto:h...@karlmenn.is> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com >>> <mailto:Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com>) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/jtayler%40oeinc.com >>> <https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/jtayler%40oeinc.com> >>> >>> This email sent to jtay...@oeinc.com <mailto:jtay...@oeinc.com> >
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