discuss: staff situation
Subject:
Re: [discuss] staff situation
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
30 May 2008 05:45:15 +0100
Message-Id: <20080530045152.GC2186@davespc>
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 01:57:07PM +0300, Svetoslav P. Chukov wrote:
> - authors, available authors, unavailable authors
> We assume not available authors.
Wrong, we may have as many as 100 authors, but many don't put in much
time.
>
> - editors,
> We assume not available editors;
Well, the review coordinator is an editor.
>
> technical situation.
> - document formats
> -- DocBook. Any other formats?
Linuxdoc
>
> - web pages need regular support and update
> -- tldp.org
> -- http://tldp.org/docs.html#howto
> -- http://tldp.org/guides.html
> -- http://tldp.org/docs.html#faq
> -- http://tldp.org/docs.html#man
> -- http://tldp.org/docs.html#lg
> -- http://tldp.org/vlist.html
> -- http://tldp.org/ldpwn/latest.html
>
> - other software available at LDP.
> Authorized users please fill in this field.
Why do only authorized users get to do this ???
>
> - hardware, internet, hositng
> Hosting at iBiblio
>
> - hardware needs support
> Authorized users please fill in this field.
See above.
>
> - internet and bandwidth
> iBiblio
> - mirrors
> -- http://tldp.org/mirrors.html
>
> SUMMARY:
> At this point TLDP has some web pages that need to be regurly updated.
That's an understatement. The HOWTOs are all webpages and most need
updating.
> So, for now we could focus on that to create a regular process that will
> update that pages.
> The 2 main things need support are the mirrors page and the web pages need
The mirrors work OK. How do they need support.
> regular update.
> So, instead to make just a temporary effort to make them accurate for now
> we could think
> how to make them accurate in large amount of time in the future. We have
> lack of resources and volunteers,
> so the update process probably is good to be automated as much as
> possible. If it is minimal efforts for one then it is much possible this one
> to update that pages in time.
How do you automate bringing a HOWTO up-to-date?
> So, we should build stable ground on that all our future work will be
> based. Without that ground all our efforts are just temporary and when the
> time pass the work becomes outdated again.
We do need a Content Management System.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:27 PM, jdd ####@####.#### wrote:
>
> > David Greaves wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone seen howtoforge?
> >>
> >> http://www.howtoforge.com/
> >>
> >
> > just at first glance, I see mostly tutorials and distro oriented.
> >
> > Usually LDP aim more traditional doc and linux wide, not distro. The LDP
> > doc should as much as possible NOT be too tied to obsolescence
> >
> > but I have nothing against other sites. I myself manage the french opensuse
> > web site and we have, at opensuse.org, many HOWTO. However they are mostly
> > openSUSE oriented (of course :-).
> >
> > openSUSE used also to provide LDP HOWTO's on disk (this is why a LDP doc
> > can last a longtime, no wiki on disk)
> >
> >
> > jdd
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
David Lawyer
