Author: nslater
Date: Mon Aug 3 01:01:47 2009
New Revision: 800178
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=800178&view=rev
Log:
updated project description
Modified:
couchdb/site/htdocs/community/committers.html
couchdb/site/htdocs/community/lists.html
couchdb/site/htdocs/index.html
couchdb/site/htdocs/index.txt
Modified: couchdb/site/htdocs/community/committers.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/couchdb/site/htdocs/community/committers.html?rev=800178&r1=800177&r2=800178&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- couchdb/site/htdocs/community/committers.html (original)
+++ couchdb/site/htdocs/community/committers.html Mon Aug 3 01:01:47 2009
@@ -71,41 +71,41 @@
</div>
<div id="content"><h1>Committers</h1>
-<p><a href="http://damienkatz.net/">Damien Katz</a>, <a
href="mailto:damien@apache.org">damien@apache.org</a></p>
+<p><a href="http://damienkatz.net/">Damien Katz</a>, <a
href="mailto:damien@apache.org">damien@apache.org</a></p>
<p>Original developer and remains the project lead.</p>
-<p><a href="http://jan.prima.de/">Jan Lehnardt</a>, <a
href="mailto:jan@apache.org">jan@apache.org</a></p>
+<p><a href="http://jan.prima.de/">Jan Lehnardt</a>, <a
href="mailto:jan@apache.org">jan@apache.org</a></p>
<p>Worked on the original UNIX port and now works on all ends in CouchDB.
He is a freelancing CouchDB consultant and gives presentations around the
world.</p>
-<p><a href="http://bytesexual.org/nslater">Noah Slater</a>, <a
href="mailto:nslater@apache.org">nslater@apache.org</a></p>
+<p><a href="http://bytesexual.org/nslater">Noah Slater</a>, <a
href="mailto:nslater@apache.org">nslater@apache.org</a></p>
<p>Developed and maintains the Autotools build system and application
infrastructure. He is CouchDB’s release manager and maintains a
number of
related packages for Debian GNU/Linux.</p>
-<p><a href="http://www.cmlenz.net/">Christopher Lenz</a>, <a
href="mailto:cmlenz@apache.org">cmlenz@apache.org</a></p>
+<p><a href="http://www.cmlenz.net/">Christopher Lenz</a>, <a
href="mailto:cmlenz@apache.org">cmlenz@apache.org</a></p>
<p>Developed and maintains Futon, the Web administration console. He works on
the JavaScript view engine, SpiderMonkey and MochiWeb integration in
addition to an external Python client.</p>
-<p><a href="http://jchris.mfdz.com">J. Chris Anderson</a>, <a
href="mailto:jchris@apache.org">jchris@apache.org</a></p>
+<p><a href="http://jchris.mfdz.com">J. Chris Anderson</a>, <a
href="mailto:jchris@apache.org">jchris@apache.org</a></p>
<p>Upgraded the Erlang JSON term format. Integrates community patches,
particularly related to the HTTP API and the MapReduce system. Gives talks
and
presentations about CouchDB, with an eye toward recruiting more
developers.</p>
-<p><a href="http://www.davispj.com/">Paul J. Davis</a>, <a
href="mailto:davisp@apache.org">davisp@apache.org</a></p>
+<p><a href="http://www.davispj.com/">Paul J. Davis</a>, <a
href="mailto:davisp@apache.org">davisp@apache.org</a></p>
<p>Developed features for the HTTP API as well as helped with recent upgrades
to the MapReduce system. Spends time tracking down various bugs reported in
JIRA.</p>
-<p>Adam Kocoloski, <a
href="mailto:kocolosk@apache.org">kocolosk@apache.org</a></p>
+<p>Adam Kocoloski, <a
href="mailto:kocolosk@apache.org">kocolosk@apache.org</a></p>
<p>Maintains and extends the replicator. Hacks on various other parts of the
core database.</p>
Modified: couchdb/site/htdocs/community/lists.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/couchdb/site/htdocs/community/lists.html?rev=800178&r1=800177&r2=800178&view=diff
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--- couchdb/site/htdocs/community/lists.html (original)
+++ couchdb/site/htdocs/community/lists.html Mon Aug 3 01:01:47 2009
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@
<ul>
<li>To <strong>subscribe</strong>, send an email to
-<a
href="mailto:user-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org">user-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a>.</li>
+<a
href="mailto:user-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org">user-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a>.</li>
<li>To <strong>unsubscribe</strong> send empty email to
-<a
href="mailto:user-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org">user-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a></li>
+<a
href="mailto:user-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org">user-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a></li>
<li>Finally, to post a message to the list use the address
-<a
href="mailto:user@couchdb.apache.org">user@couchdb.apache.org</a></li>
+<a
href="mailto:user@couchdb.apache.org">user@couchdb.apache.org</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The archives for this list can also be <a
href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-user/">browsed
online</a>.</p>
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@
<ul>
<li>To <strong>subscribe</strong>, send an email to
-<a
href="mailto:dev-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org">dev-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a>.</li>
+<a
href="mailto:dev-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org">dev-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a>.</li>
<li>To <strong>unsubscribe</strong> send empty email to
-<a
href="mailto:dev-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org">dev-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a></li>
+<a
href="mailto:dev-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org">dev-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a></li>
<li>Finally, to post a message to the list use the address
-<a
href="mailto:dev@couchdb.apache.org">dev@couchdb.apache.org</a></li>
+<a
href="mailto:dev@couchdb.apache.org">dev@couchdb.apache.org</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The archives for this list can also be <a
href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/">browsed
online</a>.</p>
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@
<ul>
<li>To <strong>subscribe</strong>, send an email to
-<a
href="mailto:commits-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org">commits-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a>.</li>
+<a
href="mailto:commits-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org">commits-subscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a>.</li>
<li>To <strong>unsubscribe</strong> send empty email to
-<a
href="mailto:commits-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org">commits-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a></li>
+<a
href="mailto:commits-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org">commits-unsubscribe@couchdb.apache.org</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The archives for this list can also be <a
href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-commits/">browsed
online</a>.</p>
Modified: couchdb/site/htdocs/index.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/couchdb/site/htdocs/index.html?rev=800178&r1=800177&r2=800178&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- couchdb/site/htdocs/index.html (original)
+++ couchdb/site/htdocs/index.html Mon Aug 3 01:01:47 2009
@@ -70,35 +70,36 @@
<p><img src="img/sketch.png" width="292" height="340" alt="CouchDB Server
Components"
style="float: right; margin-left: 2em"></p>
-<p>Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free
-document-oriented database accessible via a RESTful HTTP/JSON API. Among other
-features, it provides robust, incremental replication with bi-directional
-conflict detection and resolution, and is queryable and indexable using a
-table-oriented view engine with JavaScript acting as the default view
-definition language.</p>
-
-<p>CouchDB is written in <a href="http://erlang.org/">Erlang</a>, but can be
easily accessed from any
-environment that provides means to make HTTP requests. There are a multitude of
-third-party client libraries that make this even easier for a variety of
-programming languages and environments.</p>
+<p>Apache CouchDB is a document-oriented database that can be queried and
indexed
+in a MapReduce fashion using JavaScript. CouchDB also offers with incremental
+replication with bi-directional conflict detection and resolution.</p>
+
+<p>CouchDB provides a RESTful JSON API than can be accessed from any
environment
+that allows HTTP requests. There are myriad third-party client libraries that
+make this even easier from your programming language of choice.
CouchDB’s built
+in Web administration console speaks directly to the database using HTTP
+requests issued from your browser.</p>
+
+<p>CouchDB is written in <a href="http://erlang.org/">Erlang</a>, a robust
functional programming language ideal
+for building concurrent distributed systems. Erlang allows for a flexible
design
+that is easily scalable and readily extensible.</p>
-<p>See the <a href="docs/intro.html">introduction</a> and the
-<a href="docs/overview.html">technical overview</a> for more information.</p>
+<p>See the <a href="docs/intro.html">introduction</a> and the <a
href="docs/overview.html">technical overview</a> for more
+information.</p>
<h2>How to Get Started</h2>
-<p>Read the <a href="docs/intro.html">introduction</a> and the
-<a href="docs/overview.html">technical overview</a> to learn more about the
design and
-basic concepts of CouchDB. To give it a try, download the CouchDB code from
-the <a href="community/code.html">Subversion repository</a> and follow the
included build
-instructions.</p>
+<p>Read the <a href="docs/intro.html">introduction</a> and the <a
href="docs/overview.html">technical
+overview</a> to learn more about the design and basic concepts
+of CouchDB. To give it a try, download the CouchDB code from the <a
href="community/code.html">Subversion
+repository</a> and follow the included build instructions.</p>
<h2>How to Get Involved</h2>
<p>Join the <a href="community/lists.html">mailing lists</a> and participate
in the
discussions around the development of CouchDB. If you encounter a problem and
-have an idea how to fix it, please start by making a patch and filing
-it with our <a href="community/issues.html">issue tracking system</a>.</p>
+have an idea how to fix it, please start by making a patch and filing it with
+our <a href="community/issues.html">issue tracking system</a>.</p>
<div id="clear"></div></div>
</div></div>
<div id="footer">
Modified: couchdb/site/htdocs/index.txt
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/couchdb/site/htdocs/index.txt?rev=800178&r1=800177&r2=800178&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- couchdb/site/htdocs/index.txt (original)
+++ couchdb/site/htdocs/index.txt Mon Aug 3 01:01:47 2009
@@ -10,20 +10,22 @@
<img src="img/sketch.png" width="292" height="340" alt="CouchDB Server
Components"
style="float: right; margin-left: 2em">
-Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free
-document-oriented database accessible via a RESTful HTTP/JSON API. Among other
-features, it provides robust, incremental replication with bi-directional
-conflict detection and resolution, and is queryable and indexable using a
-table-oriented view engine with JavaScript acting as the default view
-definition language.
-
-CouchDB is written in [Erlang][], but can be easily accessed from any
-environment that provides means to make HTTP requests. There are a multitude of
-third-party client libraries that make this even easier for a variety of
-programming languages and environments.
+Apache CouchDB is a document-oriented database that can be queried and indexed
+in a MapReduce fashion using JavaScript. CouchDB also offers with incremental
+replication with bi-directional conflict detection and resolution.
+
+CouchDB provides a RESTful JSON API than can be accessed from any environment
+that allows HTTP requests. There are myriad third-party client libraries that
+make this even easier from your programming language of choice. CouchDB's built
+in Web administration console speaks directly to the database using HTTP
+requests issued from your browser.
+
+CouchDB is written in [Erlang][], a robust functional programming language
ideal
+for building concurrent distributed systems. Erlang allows for a flexible
design
+that is easily scalable and readily extensible.
-See the [introduction][introduction] and the
-[technical overview][] for more information.
+See the [introduction][introduction] and the [technical overview][] for more
+information.
[erlang]: http://erlang.org/
[introduction]: docs/intro.html
@@ -32,16 +34,15 @@
How to Get Started
------------------
-Read the [introduction](docs/intro.html) and the
-[technical overview](docs/overview.html) to learn more about the design and
-basic concepts of CouchDB. To give it a try, download the CouchDB code from
-the [Subversion repository](community/code.html) and follow the included build
-instructions.
+Read the [introduction](docs/intro.html) and the [technical
+overview](docs/overview.html) to learn more about the design and basic concepts
+of CouchDB. To give it a try, download the CouchDB code from the [Subversion
+repository](community/code.html) and follow the included build instructions.
How to Get Involved
-------------------
Join the [mailing lists](community/lists.html) and participate in the
discussions around the development of CouchDB. If you encounter a problem and
-have an idea how to fix it, please start by making a patch and filing
-it with our [issue tracking system](community/issues.html).
+have an idea how to fix it, please start by making a patch and filing it with
+our [issue tracking system](community/issues.html).