Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:19:56 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Beech Rintoul <beech@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New maintainer forum and wiki Message-ID: <20070917091956.9e47bd04.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200709162112.47587.beech@freebsd.org> References: <200709162112.47587.beech@freebsd.org>
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In response to Beech Rintoul <beech@freebsd.org>: > I am happy to announce the opening of a new forum and wiki aimed > primarily at the maintainer community. This site is open to all > maintainers and committers. There isn't much there yet, but I'm > hoping that you will find this useful and help contribute to the > effort. If you want to be part of this, just register at the forum > and I'll add you to the wiki. > > You can find it at: > > http://freebsd.alaskaparadise.com > > Feel free to contact me and let me know what you would like to see. At the risk of sounding like a whiner ... First off, what purpose does having yet another forum serve but to fragment discussion? Personally, I don't want to have yet another place to watch for information, and I find the mailing lists quite workable. Secondly, one of the things that I've always enjoyed and bragged about with FreeBSD is the high-quality documentation. I'm really not a big fan of 8-jillion HOWTOs spread all over the internet and all having different levels of quality, reliability, and upkeep. It seems to me that wikis feed this "low-quality howto overload". Thirdly, I already have my own site with notes and other stuff about what I do (I maintain a small handful of ports). I'm already forced to maintain two (one for work, and one for personal) and I have absolutely no desire to maintain a third, let alone any time. All that being said, I say go for it. * As long as the forum is searchable without an account, the information there will be generally useful (unlike that obnoxious experts exchange site -- I hate those people!) * As long as _important_ discussions occur on the @freebsd.org lists, it won't cause any (or much) fragmentation * As long as important information on the wiki is cleaned up and committed to the official FreeBSD docs, it won't result in unmaintained garbage. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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