I've tried to contribute docs to Cassandra wiki in the past, but there's an obstacle.
currently wiki.apache.org/cassandra is locked down, so only commiters can edit it. I really wish that wasn't the case, since it wastes time. the commiters are busy writing code. Having to email a commiter and ask them to update it feels silly to me and kind of goes against openness. Back when I was active with JMeter, we decided to leave it open so that anyone can edit the docs. I can't be the only one that wants to help make the docs better, but get frustrated with the wiki being closed. On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 4:25 AM, <spa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like to help out with the documentation of C*. How do I start? > > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Robert Stupp <sn...@snazy.de> wrote: > >> Just a note: >> If you have suggestions how to improve documentation on the datastax >> website, write them an email to d...@datastax.com. They appreciate >> proposals :) >> >> Am 23.07.2014 um 09:10 schrieb Mark Reddy <mark.re...@boxever.com>: >> >> Hi Kevin, >> >> The difference here is that the Apache Cassandra site is maintained by >> the community whereas the DataStax site is maintained by paid employees >> with a vested interest in producing documentation. >> >> With DataStax having some comprehensive docs, I guess the desire for >> people to maintain the Apache site has dwindled. However, if you are >> interested in contributing to it and bringing it back up to standard you >> can, thus is the freedom of open source. >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Kevin Burton <bur...@spinn3r.com> wrote: >> >>> This document: >>> >>> https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Operations >>> >>> … for example. Is extremely out dated… does NOT reflect 2.x releases >>> certainly. Mentions commands that are long since removed/deprecated. >>> >>> Instead of giving bad documentation, maybe remove this and mark it as >>> obsolete. >>> >>> The datastax documentation… is … acceptable I guess. My main criticism >>> there is that a lot of it it is in their blog. >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Founder/CEO Spinn3r.com <http://spinn3r.com/> >>> Location: *San Francisco, CA* >>> blog: http://burtonator.wordpress.com >>> … or check out my Google+ profile >>> <https://plus.google.com/102718274791889610666/posts> >>> <http://spinn3r.com/> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > http://spawgi.wordpress.com > We can do it and do it better. >
