[Bf-docboard] Wiki

[Chris Burt]

I certainly would love to take part in a wiki-style documentation 
project. I attempted to get the documentation from CVS and take part in 
working on it but it simply didn't appear feasible given the amount of 
time I have to commit to the project.

Whatever shortcomings the wiki approach may have are vastly outweighed 
by ease of use in my opinion. Writing documentation is the important 
part. If we can't get that done, it doesn't matter what the other 
aspects are. And right now, it doesn't seem like its getting done very 
fast. Just my two cents.

Thanks for the hard work guys!

Regards,
-Chris

Bart Veldhuizen wrote:
> Hi Stefano,
> 
> excellent! I'm really looking forward to seeing the impact of this move..
> 
> By the way, is moving the content from docbook to the wiki an automated 
> process, or is it done by hand?
> 
> Bart
> 
> Op 6-sep-2005, om 8:25 heeft Stefano Selleri het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> Well,
>>  
>> after long discussions it seems that switching to MediaWiki is the 
>> more advantageous option. Not a simple mediawiki, but a slightly 
>> personalized mediawiki, so as to ensure a good structured editing and 
>> a safe documentation.
>>  
>> David and the other guys around the Blender Wiki book are very willing 
>> to help setting up and writing, so I hope than now they joined 
>> docboard we will have a steady update of documentation and attract 
>> more and more writers.
>>  
>> After all let see what happened to the last update.
>>  
>> 1 - Olivier wrote it,
>>  
>> 2 - I merged the XML
>>  
>> 3 - Baldassarre found some typos
>>  
>> 4 - Eric Merged it
>>  
>> 5 - And it is still only in the CVS, not online
>>  
>> With MediaWiki the process would have been
>>  
>> 1 - Olivier wrote it
>>  
>> 2 - Baldassarre corrected it
>>  
>> And it is always online
>>  
>> (With Open Office is not a solution here, the workflow with OO would 
>> have remained the same)
>>  
>> I also believe working offline is quite possible, formatting tags are 
>> very easy.
>>  
>> I expect, in the following week(s) to set up the Mediawiki, importing 
>> current doc and then opening it.
>>  
>> Stefano 
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