On 10/14/2016 03:12 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote: > On 10/14/2016 01:24 AM, Matthew Marchese wrote: >> All, >> >> After _many_ essential and necessary years of service the Gentoo >> Documentation Project (GDP) has fulfilled its purpose[1][2] and is in >> the process of being phased out. >> >> As a platform, the wiki has enabled every Gentoo developer (not just >> those in the Documentation team) and many in the community to maintain >> Gentoo documentation. All the relevant "HOWTO" articles and other >> articles produced by former GDP members (and other contributors) have >> long since moved to publicly editable wiki namespace. These days the >> community and every Gentoo developer should step up to the plate from >> time-to-time and maintain the docs. >> >> There is very little that is currently "locked down" on the wiki. The >> Handbook (and everything else in the Handbook namespace) is one >> exception to what is publicly editable. Since it contains our official >> and crucial installation instructions; it is a bit risky to put it >> publicly editable namespace. This creates an inherent 'who's responsible >> to keep it updated?' So, in order to clarify who will continue to assume >> responsibility for the Gentoo Handbook, the Handbook project has been >> newly formed as a sub-project of the Wiki project. Currently just SwifT >> and me are in this new project, but anyone who's interested in >> updating/maintaining the Handbook is welcome to join. >> >> Here are our current goals, short and sweet: >> >> 1. Actively modernize and maintain the official Gentoo Handbook >> documentation in the Handbook: namespace. >> 2. Handle 'marking' the Handbook for translation. >> 3. Maintain the Handbook Development guide. >> >> Comments on these are welcome. >> >> Suggestions for Handbook updates or fixes can be left on each page's >> discussion page. Among other areas of contribution, those who are a part >> of this project will make it a priority to respond to these queries. >> >> I suspect next we'll need an e-mail address separate from the wiki's >> mail address. Other than that we'll still all hang out in #gentoo-wiki >> on Freenode and continue advancing Gentoo to a better place. Again, >> comments are welcome. >> >> Kind regards, >> Maffblaster >> >> [1] >> https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-doc/message/892f335a04fb7e372116ca3e6b2d0c84 >> [2] >> https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-doc/message/944b4b36ab3883c6b223a240feb42fb8 >> >> > Whatever structure that will allow wiki building to continue and reduce > any possible confusion is a win in my book. > > Devs interested would need to then join the wiki project then, correct? > No. They'd only need to directly join the Handbook project.
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