Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 23/07/2016 Keith N. McKenna wrote: >> My answer to the question posed in the tittle of this e-mail >> unfortunately is yes. We have been moving by fits and starts for almost >> 4 years and have very little to show for it. I would like to hear the >> opinions of others though. > > (I know this conversation moved to the dev list, but I'm answering here > since it fits here) > > There is some significant work done and we shouldn't throw it away. > Everything is on the wiki, so we could just keep what we have and > dispose of the process. > [knmc] It makes no sense to throw away the work that is already done and really there has not been a process for quite some time.
> I mean: we can link to the (unfinished) new documentation from the wiki > home page, design some template saying "This page is part of an > unfinished documentation effort, please e-mail [this list] if you'd like > to contribute" and put it on all pages that are still unfinished or just > a title. > > Then the risk is to lose a bit of oversight and consistency, but at > least we show what we have and we give people the opportunity to help if > the wish. > [knmc] The problem I see with that is that without a minimal amount of consistency it looks very sloppy and does not present a good image for the project as a whole and the ASF. > By the way, thanks Keith for your documentation efforts so far. And if I > were you, I would simply relax the process and be available for creating > accounts for new volunteers and give advice when needed. This way we > don't have to close or undo anything. > [knmc] I am not planning on going anywhere and will still monitor this list and others to be a resource and to do account creation for the m-wiki and white-listing for the c-wiki. Regards Keith > Regards, > Andrea.
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