On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:18:58 -0800, Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato_at_collab.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> NOTE: I'm making two assumptions here: (1) that we would never
>>> consider
>>> using a Wiki that didn't send page change notifications to our commits@
>>> list
>>> (or maybe a dedicated wiki@), and (2) that any wiki service that the
ASF
>>> provided would be covered by their backup mechanisms.
>>>
>>> What say you?
>>
>> I'd like to add one more thing here.
>>
>> Presumably a primary goal in moving some content to a wiki is to be
>> able to widen the net of who can edit the pages. So we also need to
>> know how those controls work at ASF. While we may get tired of
>> applying and committing patches to some of the pages, it is a heck of
>> a lot better than a Wiki if these same users cannot just add the
>> content themselves.
>
> Re-reading, I see you touched on this a bit. I think you were
> implying we would open it up to anyone with an account to edit,
> provided there was an email list for the changes. I agree if that is
> where you were going.
Wiki pages should be editable by those with :
i. A cla on file.
ii. be a committer on the project that owns the wiki.
In other words the wiki content should be treated like code,
wiki/documentation
contributions from anyone outside the project would have to be sent as a
patch
and applied by a committer.
Next up, just wanted to show you an example of the Confluence Wiki here at
ASF.
Showing here the Apache ActiveMQ project as a great example:
This is their cwiki space where they edit:
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ACTIVEMQ/Index
This is where an autoexport tool applies their custom templates and turns
it all
into static pages:
http://cwiki.apache.org/ACTIVEMQ/
This is their main official website, where a rsync job updates it from the
auoexported site:
http://activemq.apache.org/
So, it can look good and be easily editable too.
Anyway, food for thought.
Gav... (the other one)
Received on 2009-12-03 23:13:13 CET