2010/8/17 Karsten Wade - kw...@redhat.com: <snip> > > I'll note that the content from the wiki does end up in DocBook XML in > a git source code repository, and we could switch to that as the > upstream source (instead of interim format) for the textbook. > However, my experience and learned evidence is that we would put up a > really high barrier to entry that would cut our effective contributors > by 90%. >
>From monitoring the Linux From Scratch <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/> mailing lists, there seems to be all sorts of expertise levels involved. Their authoritative product is DocBook XML in a Subversion (SVN) repository. Because the "book" published on the web is the probable first contact point for a new participant (someone who would use the book to build a system), SVN is not a major hurdle. Most of the discussion occurs on the mailing lists and a few folks maintain the SVN in sync with the discussion. I hope you see the parallels to the Textbook Project at Teaching Open Source. The POSSE event participants and teachers in classrooms will be using the textbook and contributing revisions and additions. They need to be Subject Matter Experts, not SVN experts. _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
