On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Mike Pumphrey<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi.  I have to say that I'm -1 on a "pending" section for svn docs.  When we 
> discussed the documentation framework last year, we decided that there should 
> be a place for finished docs, and a place for unfinished docs.  We agreed 
> that Sphinx would be for the former and the Confluence wiki for the latter.  
> I think if we start throwing rough, unfinished docs into the User Manual, 
> then we will have defeated the purpose of trying to have polished 
> documentation.  I would much prefer to attach pending docs to JIRA tasks.  
> What is the code equivalent to this discussion, a doc branch?  If so, then if 
> we all agree that svn is the best place for these pages, then let's create a 
> _new_ Sphinx project for pending docs that won't be built with the Manuals.

+1

> That way, if nothing else, it won't be included with releases,

+1

> won't be built and hosted live,

-1 I need me as well as others to se what I am doing. Pending, while
still pending, should be visibile. I hoping to see feedback from users
(and clients) more than from other members of the committer list. Or
are we writing docs for ourselves?

> they won't be linked to, and people are way less likely to get
> confused by looking at them.
>
> A la:
>
> User Manual (user/)
> Developer Manual (developer/)
> Documentation Guide (docguide/)
> Pending Documentation (pending/)
>

+1, with the observation above.

Ciao,
Simone.

>
> Please let me know if I'm confused about what's being discussed here.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Pumphrey
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>
>
> Justin Deoliveira wrote:
>> Simone Giannecchini wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Justin Deoliveira<[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> <snip>
>>>>> I don't think that this way of producing docs would work at least not for 
>>>>> us.
>>>>> 1> Working with the wiki is a real pain
>>>>> 2> We often use more than on computer for our work, hence we need to
>>>>> make use of svn
>>>>> 3> Documentation time is expensive, we cannot afford writing on the
>>>>> wiki and maintaining patches. I don't wish to put our private svn in
>>>>> the loop.
>>>> Excellent points.
>>>>
>>>>> Therefore, simple suggestion, we should think about a scheme where the
>>>>> docs get committed to svn right away and then moved into
>>>>> "production-ready" documentation once a formal review has been made (I
>>>>> would add between N days).
>>>>> This would make everyone happy I guess.
>>>> Well branching would be the obvious answer with our current system.
>>>> Although doing a full branch for working on docs is a bit of overkill.
>>> I agree, overkill...
>>>
>>>> Another alternative could be to have a "pending" space. This could be
>>>> more of a "scratch pad" type place where wiki type style writing can
>>>> take place, at the same time having the docs integrated. Although
>>>> pending docs would not be considered part of the finished product and
>>>> stripped out of the doc artifacts when they are built.
>>> This is exactly what I have in mind. Write the doc then ask for review
>>> when you are ready.
>>
>> Cool. So I think the simplest way to do this would be have a pending
>> directory under the top level directory. Underneath this directory we
>> put pending docs. The structure could mirror the intended structure
>> under the actual doc root. Examples for the recent mosaic tutorial:
>>
>> user/source/*pending*/tutorials/image_mosaic_plugin
>> user/source/*pending*/styling/raster_symbolizer/
>>
>> However this only works for new content. Patches to the existing docs
>> obviously can't fall into this scheme. However those changes seem to be
>> more targeted and have less content. So what about just sticking with
>> the jira issue/patch/review approach given that we formalize the review
>> process?
>>
>>>> A third answer is dsvc.
>>> This is more a proposal than an answer :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> I would say that 1 would work for the moment, 3 could be next step.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ciao
>>> Simone.
>>>>> Ciao,
>>>>> Simone.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2c,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Justin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike Pumphrey wrote:
>>>>>>> I don't think the idea was abandoned, but I also don't think it was 
>>>>>>> adopted as dogma.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a section I should take a look at and/or go in with my vacuum 
>>>>>>> cleaner?  :)  Just let me know...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Mike Pumphrey
>>>>>>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Justin Deoliveira wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Apologies if I missed something while I was away but I thought before 
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>> more or less agreed that we would adopt Mike as the user guide doc
>>>>>>>> maintainer and that non-trivial changes should go through him via 
>>>>>>>> patches?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Did we abandon that as a bad idea?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Justin
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