On 01/16/2012 05:31 PM, William Hayes wrote:
+1 Regarding using Confluence Wiki for support documentation, knowledge
sharing.
I think it is good to mention that the usage and support of *Confluence* at
Apache is less than it was before. Quite a few projects are actually migrating
away from Confluence to the new Apache CMS because maintenance and uptime of
Confluence is or was not very good, nor the mapping to and integration with the
main project website.
I'm not strongly against using Confluence, if the community so desires, but be
aware that Apache infra might be less inclined...
Setting up a wiki for documentation would help a lot - currently the
project is running the website via SVN as far as I can tell, but more
people (including me) will find Confluence more approachable for
documentation. With their versioning, you can revert back to a previous
version of the documentation if needed, plus you should be able to have an
Official Wiki Rave Space with limited membership and a User-supported Wiki
space with more open membership.
One thing I meant to ask about is how I upload Screenstep tutorials - in
confluence it's trivial. A Screenstep tutorial (HTML-based) is
essentially a website with a web page, CSS files and image files, but they
have a one-step publishing option into Confluence (or blog sites).
PS - if you don't already know about Screensteps and you ever create
documentation or need to show someone how to do something occasionally -
you owe it to yourself to learn about it. It even makes creating
screenshot-based documentation fun. (Alas, I have no investment or
business affiliation with Blue Mango the company that produces it).
On 1/16/12 10:56 AM, "Ross Gardler"<[email protected]> wrote:
On 16 January 2012 15:52, Franklin, Matthew B.<[email protected]>
wrote:
...
As a first step, I took a look at the remaining work items on our status
page that need to be completed and updated the dates for the ones we
have
finished, but had not recorded. That leaves us with the following list
of
items:
* Make sure that the requested project name does not already exist and
check www.nameprotect.com to be sure that the name is not already
trademarked for an existing software product.
Important
* If request from anywhere to become a stand-alone PMC, then assess the
fit with the ASF, and create the lists and modules under the incubator
address/module names if accepted.
Important
* Ask infrastructure to set up wiki (Confluence, Moin).
Does the project want one? Not needed so far and not needed for
graduation. You can always ask for one as a TLP if you change your
minds.
* Check and make sure that the files that have been donated have been
updated to reflect the new ASF copyright.
Already done, surely?
Ross
