John, A few more thoughts...
I don't believe there is a place in the breakdown below for a compatability list. The current WM5 device list on the synce.org wiki mentiones only HTC devices. There are obviously more devices like the ipaq that can connect to synce. Also, under "Base Install", should a sub page be created to explain the difference between vdccm and odccm, and when to use each one? Should users of non-WM5 devices continue to use vdccm, or will it soon be deprecated? Lastly, a summary should be created to explain from a high-level what's involved in syncing a WM device to the PC. It should quickly cover the entire process from requring one of the two kernel drivers, vdccm/odccm and some sync software. It would help new users to better understand the purpose of synce. and the other tools. Just a few thoughts... ~Paul On Wednesday 14 November 2007 11:35:00 am John Carr wrote: > Paul: The PPP stuff is under the WM2003 section, because we don't really > support PPP for 2005 devices. > > All: I sat down to try and document somethings for the new wiki > (www.synce.org/moin) where we hope to consolidate everything and finally > switch off the old cruft. I got a bit stuck on my taxonomy, the desire > to be really exact for distros - making use of .debs and such, and not > duplicating too much. > > > **** Idea 1 **** > > So I reckon there are the following sections: > * Base install > * libsynce/librapi/librra(?) and odccm > * Connecting your device > * USB RNDIS > * USB Serial > * Bluetooth PAN (no idea how this works) > * Bluetooth Serial (no idea how this works) > * Syncing your device > * Browsing your device > * Gnomevfs > * Fur > * Is there a KIO slave > * Adding and removing software > * Connecting to the internet from your device via your PC > * Connecting to the internet from your PC via your device > * Remote controlling your device (KCE Mirror) > > Some of these bits will have distribution specific instructions, if not > all. So do we have a page for each distribution with a list like above? > So i'm going to setup the homepage as: > > == Installation == > * Installation on Debian/Ubuntu > * Installation on Gentoo > * Installation on other Linux's > > Both will have pages as above, and where no distro specific pages exist > we link to the generic pages. I think the overhead of maintaining extra > pages is worth it to cut down on traffic on #synce and other support > areas. > > > **** Idea 2 **** > > Homepage has the menu: > > * Getting Ready > * libsynce/librapi/librra(?) and odccm > * Connecting your device > * USB RNDIS > * USB Serial > * Bluetooth PAN (no idea how this works) > * Bluetooth Serial (no idea how this works) > * Syncing your device > * Browsing your device > * Gnomevfs > * Fur > * Is there a KIO slave > * Adding and removing software > * Connecting to the internet from your device via your PC > * Connecting to the internet from your PC via your device > * Remote controlling your device (KCE Mirror) > > Notes: > * Each page has the generic page (installing from tars) but first > offers links to packages/ebuilds. > * They will assume the user has followed Getting Ready which will talk > them through setting up repositories that might be needed. > * If the installation notes are long they may be delegated to a subpage > also, in which case (for example) "Syncing your device" just contains > instructions for running msynctool. > > Thoughts? > > Paul: Your input on beating the new wiki into shape would be > appreciated, but I want to make sure we get the structure right first. > Theres already a crufty page or two :( > > Jonnylamb: Can we get synce.org rebooted or something :-\ Its dead > here... > > John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ SynCE-Devel mailing list SynCE-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synce-devel
