I'm not (yet) a big Wiki fan but there's already one setup for Jetspeed: http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?JetspeedProjectPages
Need to add this link on the J1 homepage. Best regards, Mark C. Orciuch Next Generation Solutions, Ltd. e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.ngsltd.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Wheeler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 10:21 AM > To: Jetspeed Users List > Subject: RE: Documentation > > > Mark. > What do you think of a Wiki? Do you think that it would reduce > the amount of > time the development team have to spend helping the rest of us > get it right? > What is involved in getting an Apache Wiki started? > > Ron > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Orciuch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 11:09 AM > To: Jetspeed Users List > Subject: RE: Documentation > > > I don't want to make it sound like J1 is dead. As a matter a fact, I think > the J1 is here to stay for a while as the "lite" version of Jetspeed. > However, it is true that most of the Jetspeed resources have been diverted > to work on J2. There's probably 3 of us actively maintaining J1 (note the > word "maintaining") and David is also working full-time on J2. This is the > reason why there will be no big documentation activity in the near future. > Not unless I clone myself or find some corporate sponsorship to do more J1 > work ;-) > > I will try to update the documentation in whatever spare time I get. > > BTW: I'm not sure if you realise but David took quite bit time > off to create > the tutorial. Jeremy and I also contributed some unpaid time into > it. It was > no small effort and if anyone can think of improving it, feel > free to submit > your additions and patches thru JIRA and we will try to apply them. > > Best regards, > > Mark C. Orciuch > Next Generation Solutions, Ltd. > e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: http://www.ngsltd.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ken Gunderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:36 AM > > To: Jetspeed Users List > > Subject: Re: Documentation > > > > > > On Friday 30 April 2004 07:35 am, Ron Wheeler wrote: > > > I have some mindmaps that we generated in our first attempt to get > > > something going in Jetspeed. > > > It is a very complex environment with lots of pieces. It you have > > > never worked with any of the underlying technologies, it is difficult > > > to keep track of what each piece is and where the pieces touch. The > > > names are particularly helpful;-). > > > > > > The tutorial was interesting but raised more questions than it > > > solved. The construction of the old tutorial did not seem to follow > > > very logically from the distribution jetspeed jar. As I recall, it > > > appeared that files were in different directories and some files had > > > been consolidated or restructured > > > There seemed to be templates included in the demo which had been > > > replaced by "prefered" methods in the documentation. > > > > > > I would have been better off if the time spent on creating the > > > tutorial had been spent on writing documentation. > > > I know that Apache is capable of writing good documentation. I use > > > the HTTP server and Tomcat. They have pretty good documentation. > > > > > > A Wiki would be a good start and would allow the ignorant to at least > > > document our misconceptions. The gurus could have a good laugh and a > > > place of correct us. > > [mondo top posting snippage..] > > > > My personal view is that wiki's kind of suck for this sort of thing > > becuase you have very minimal quality control. Wiki's frequently become > > disjointed collections, e.g. person #1 started a node "here", but > > person #2 didn't see it and starts onother node on very similar topic > > "there". Additionally, with Wiki's you have no guarantee that the > > author actually knows what they're talking about even if they might > > have the ability to sound like they do. As a sysadmin who uses and > > evaluates numerous open source tools, I've had to comb through mor than > > a few wiki based documentation projects. Without some management and > > oversight, they rapidly deteriorate into real pita's. > > > > That said, a little bird told me that Bluesunrise does have wiki > > capabilities. With Jetspeed 2 looming on the horizon, however, I > > suspect investing a whole lot of time in Jetspeed 1 documentation isn't > > too high on the list of priorities. I think the Jetspeed 2 group has > > someone dedicated to working on docs, but maybe Scott, Jeremy, > > David,et.al can comment?? > > > > My $0.02 > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > > > Ken Gunderson > > GPG Key-- 9F5179FD > > > > "Freedom begins between the ears." -- Edward Abbey > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
