Thanks Barry for your comments and thoughts. I waited for your reply :-) Several comments on what you said:
* I used gedit to create all the html files, so "pages being build using non-free software" is not an issue at least with my part. * As you pointed out, which Wiki to use, whether to use a non-free wiki service, and which content should be placed in the wiki site all remain an issue. * All color scheme is defined in the CSS file, so changing the color scheme should be trivial. (And no, I'm not insisting using green instead of the current color scheme :-) It just happened to be.) * Thanks for the comment on the Jira no longer being an option. I'll update that part. - Satoshi 2008/4/9, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:10 PM, Satoshi Tanabe wrote: > > > > > Currently I'm creating an unofficial site of GNU Mailman. It's not > > done yet, but the goal is to make the current official site more > > accessible and usable. The content is almost the same. > > > > Satoshi, this is very cool. I'm sorry for not responding sooner, but I > think it would be great to flesh these ideas out more, probably with Terri's > help. > > I think you've accurately identified some of the problems with the current > web site. It's also true that we're building it with 1996 technology and web > design sensibility (not unlike Mailman's web u/i ;). > > I do think it's important to consider that the tools used to build the site > be free software. I'd like people to be able to hack the web building tools > just like they can hack the software. > > It's also important to consider what information is better suited for the > wiki and what is better suited for the static main site. I agree that > there's a lot of duplication of information, and I tend to think that a > large amount of that belongs on the wiki instead. Relying heavily on the > wiki[1] allows the entire community to participate, and as Terri has shown, > even the documentation written on the wiki can be exported to other formats > that are more easily printed. > > I would like to keep some of the same color schemes and logos we currently > use, unless there is a strong desire to update them. I still like the logo > though. :) > > One other question you raise: I would like to move the bug trackers off of > SourceForge at some point. I think Jira is no longer a viable option, so we > should consider alternatives. Once again, Launchpad seems a natural, but > I'm open to suggestions, given our constraints (we don't currently have the > resources to maintain our own tracker instances). > > - -Barry > > [1] Admittedly the wiki is not running on free software. As much as I like > Confluence, this is an issue for a GNU project like Mailman. However, again > I don't think we yet have the resources to maintain our own wiki, let alone > import the existing content into a free wiki. IMO, having a non-free wiki > is more useful to the community than not having a wiki at all, but I'm open > to volunteers coming forward to help rectify the situation. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkf8M0kACgkQ2YZpQepbvXF+KgCdHj+qTjuKUif76FlgcJ+kMKZQ > wP4AnRlb3Fesrv7YU2Ekqy95x8nDlDOO > =vtTq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
