I agree that this list *is* the community, but what does the "face" of
Apache Flex look like when it's out of incubator status? When I go to a
website like http://camel.apache.org, and then go to
http://www.flex.org, which one looks more appealing? (no offense to
Camel). Sure, both websites offer information on a product, but looking
at text-based websites is just...boring.
And when I read things like:
Non-Apache committers can still checkout the site in svn and submit
patches to the list. Otherwise they may access the CMS using username
anonymous and an empty password and use the Mail Diff feature mentioned
above to send patches to the list from the CMS.
I think how unappealing that is for anyone wanting to contribute videos,
tutorials, documentation, links to examples, etc. There's no sense of
when content goes live, what the appeal process is if initial committers
oppose it, etc.
I guess I'm looking for a more "visually engaging" community site. For
example, I sure hope we can embed SWFs in the pages, otherwise it'd be
like selling air conditioners in the desert without a working model.
"Trust me, this will keep you cool" ;-)
For now I'll just redirect the domain to the incubator page.
Brent
On 1/5/12 6:19 PM, Dave Fisher wrote:
On Jan 5, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Michael Schmalle wrote:
I wasn't sure what features are available to the community for adding wiki's,
etc.
I might have over stepped my knowledge with saying that can happen, as the
actual site is in svn. So that might not be a possibility but anything else can
happen.
I need to check on if there is anything that allows non committer involvement
through sharing.
Anybody know the answer to this?
Until recently the answer was no. But now it is "YES". Please see
http://www.apache.org/dev/cmsref.html#non-committer
I am going to give credit for this improvement to Apache Infrastructure and Joe
Schaefer who did a number of improvements in our recent migration of
www.openoffice.org to the Apache CMS.
Is Adobe planning to contribute web based documentation?
Regards,
Dave
Mike
Brent, I have an idea, I'm a committer, the Apache Flex web site is a CMS, you
you got idea, share them and we can find a way to put your passion right into
our web site, since it's your website to.
Let me know.
Mike
