On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 11:09 AM Julian Foad <julianfoad_at_apache.org> wrote:
> Nathan Hartman wrote in thread "Change to Subversion PMC rule for
> approving backports":
> > Julian Foad wrote:
> >> I strongly urge that we simplify any and all of our documentation at
any
> >> opportunity. Nearly all of it is much too long. It would be much better
> >> to state the facts in a few bullet points, and move the discussion of
> >> rationale and history to a dedicated subsection so readers just wanting
> >> the facts can easily skip that part.
> >
> > Which document would you consider most important to fix the soonest?
>
> In line with current transition to emphasise stabilization and
> availability, I suppose these user-facing docs should take priority:
>
> * finding/downloading/installing svn from *binaries*:
> - http://subversion.apache.org/packages
>
> * how to contact us; reduce/combine some of these?
> - http://subversion.apache.org/reporting-issues
> - http://subversion.apache.org/docs/community-guide/issues
> - http://subversion.apache.org/mailing-lists
> - http://subversion.apache.org/docs/community-guide/mailing-lists
> - http://subversion.apache.org/faq#more-information
> - http://subversion.apache.org/security/
>
> * and the home page should make those things extremely easy to find:
> - http://subversion.apache.org/
>
> If you or anyone wants to help, I think any of those would be an
> excellent place to do so.
>
> The various contact info is particularly scattered, and pointers often
> state "users@" email with no hint of the IRC/Matrix alternative. Could
> we make a good "contact us" landing page which directs users
> appropriately to all forms of contact?
I've been studying the site and there is a site-ng branch created 2015. I
remember a discussion about it around that time but I can't find it in the
archives now.
Since there are no commits on site-ng beyond branch creation / readme,
would it be agreeable if I catch it up to the present and use it?
Received on 2019-09-12 05:01:12 CEST