I now have some funding secured to work on TigerVNC, and improved documentation is on my list of things to do, although not at the top of the priority list. I'd like to at least spruce up the man pages before 1.1 releases.
On 5/31/11 5:15 AM, Antoine Martin wrote: > Hi, > > This is an issue I raised a while back and I keep coming across people > who do not see TigerVNC as a viable alternative because of the lack of > documentation. Just recently in this thread on xorg: > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-May/053094.html > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-May/053095.html > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2011-May/053098.html > > The information exists out there, it's just not very accessible to > newcomers and packagers. > A simple basic wiki would probably do the job. > IMO, here are some of the things that should be documented: > * information on vnc.so usage (config, options) > * build process. (the debian packages that I provide were built the > "wrong way" - the only way I knew about then, not using the host's > headers but using the build-xorg script) > * MS Windows build > * authentication mechanisms > * tls libraries > etc > It doesn't have to be pretty or maintained in sync with every commit, > but anything has got to be better than the void that is there now as > this is clearly putting off some users. > > I do not have access to the servers hosting the tigervnc.org website, so > there's not much I can do to help. (I considered setting up a repository > copy just to be able to setup a trac instance against it, but decided it > was just too much effort) > > Cheers > Antoine > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, > secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? > Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Tigervnc-devel mailing list > Tigervnc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Tigervnc-devel mailing list Tigervnc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-devel
