Hi Nils, > I watched the list the last couple of weeks during my "nothing to do in > office" job and I noticed, that we ahd a lot of support requests that > seems to depend on individual problems to access the install and config > information stored in the wiki. > > Weeks ago I talked with Rüdiger about that in conjuction with my demand to > do something in Matterhorn Project he mentiones that the Release > Documentation need some loving care.
So true! > My first idea is, to make the FAQ more prominent on the release page. And > then we could gave them a structure: General, Core, Capture Agent. This is > a short example: > > FAQ > > General > Q. What is Matterhorn Core? > Q. What is a Matterhorn Capture Agent? > ... > > Matterhorn Core > Q. During installation of the third-party tools, which pre-install script > should I use? > ... > > Matterhorn Capture Agent > Q. Help I didn't have my Epiphan VGA frame grabber installed when I > installed my capture agent so I need the driver! Sounds like a very useful idea. Will you have time to prepare a set of initial Q&A, so that we are not putting up an empty page? > Next is, to frequently update the FAQs with questions like "Can I operate > Matterhorn Core Version 1.2 and 1.1 Capture Agents?" Maybe we can also set > an additional link to tha FAQs in the SVN README.txt. I took a look at > that file and recognize, that in 1.2.0 there is a link to trunk > documentation. Not shure if I took the wrong source/made a mistake using > Fisheye, this is known or this is a bug. > > I have to admit, that I lost track about who is workin on this part of the > wiki to coordinate some basics, can remember that Michelle and Chris > workin in that area. Michelle just put some more structure into the different opencast and matterhorn websites. But I am sure nobody will step into your way, keeping you from doing great and helpful work! Tobias _______________________________________________ Matterhorn-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users
