This is great, we have at least a bunch of people who would like to contribute. Any comments on the last couple of questions from my post :
> > >> 2. Is there an existing place where this effort can be channeled > better, > > >> instead of creating something new ? > I still don't know the answer to this question. One option would be to try to enhance the existing docs, but it seems that the two will have a slightly different purpose. The docs try to deliver as much punch as possible within a couple of pages, whereas the book will probably have to be a little bit more explanatory. > > >> 3. If this could be a new effort (e.g. a project tapestry-doc, > maybe??), > > >> what are any additional requirements for doing it (in addition to some > > of > > >> the ones listed above). > Would it be an option to have an SVN component in the Tapestry repository, or would this be harder than necessary (e.g. overhead of Tapestry being an apache project) ? Any comments on using Google code for this ( they already have a wiki and an issue tracker for each project) ? > > > >> 4. If this is to be done, what's the best way of doing it ? I'll > > research > > >> to > > >> see if I can find out how Django did their, but general feedback & > ideas > > >> on > > >> the technicalities would be very useful. E.g. how do people > collaborate > > >> best > > >> on writing a book ? Is there an existing service that might make this > > >> easier > Has anyone written a book or collaborated with a couple of other people in writing one (other than Howard :-) ). Do you know personally anyone who has such experience ( I plan to ping Geertjan Wielenga from the NetBeans community to see if he can give me some advice) ? Any ideas of how we can handle the code in the book (to make sure it always works) ? Would the user list be the best place to keep the discussion going or would this be an annoyance to everyone else ? I guess the easiest start would be to post some kind of outline of the book table of contents on the T5 wiki. While we're coming up with that we should probably figure out the answers to the questions above, as I don't think the wiki is the ultimate place to keep this. Cheers, Alex Kotchnev
