All,
Now that there are published images for Hardy, and the initial
flurry of work for intrepid is nearing conclusion: it's time to review
our wiki pages, and make sure they are up-to-date, accurate, and
useful. Looking at the current state, I notice a few immediate
issues:
A: Not all pages are in a common category. The list (1) is missing
most of the content
B: The top page has links to *lots* of information, but doesn't read
well for those just getting started
C: Our RoadMap is a little scattered, and would likely benefit from
review and overhaul
D: The FAQ is outdated, and specifically doesn't cover some important
questions like "How can I help?"
E: We have four separately incomplete pages on creating test images
F: Many resources still point to the PPA, when we've migrated most
work into the main archive
G: Some things are hard to find (What devices are supported? How does
one customise for a given device?, etc.)
H: The nomenclature is mixed throughout the pages, heavily dependent
on the author, the date the page was written, and the current fashion
amoung those reviewing the wiki.
I: A lot of the status pages seem to have been frozen somewhere during
the Hardy cycle, and ought be dropped or brought up to date with
current status
In addition to cleaning up the above, I've some additional ideas
as to how the wiki pages might be improved, as follows:
J: Add a section covering devices people own or have tested, with
information about what works, what doesn't, etc. While those of us
active only have maybe seven or eight different devices with which
we've been testing, I'm sure there are more, and getting more reports
would help us understand which optimisations work in the general case,
and which are sufficiently specific that they need to be adjusted on a
per-device basis.
K: split into "MobileTeam", "EmbeddedTeam", and "UbuntuMobile", as follows:
MobileTeam: team structure, coordination, meetings, knowledgebase,
etc. to support team coordination roadmap, goals, etc.
EmbeddedTeam: Many of those involved seem to be focused on
handheld devices: given that there are other areas in which simplified
(or no) UI, it may make sense to separate this focus so that those
interested do not run against "Ubuntu Mobile doesn't support that use
case" as often.
UbuntuMobile: covering supported devices, user-reported hardware
compatibility reports, overviews & guides, installation paths, etc.
(note that I don't find much information about using Ubuntu in
other embedded contexts, hence no UbuntuEmbedded section)
L: Document the lpia-specific oddidtes somewhere: lots of people have
asked about installing on an Eee (or other i386 devices), but the lpia
kernel doesn't boot: knowing what is different is the first step
towards enabling a working i386 build (this could conceivably become a
todo-list as well).
M: Add clearer pointers to the UDS-Praha pages: there were a lot of
good ideas, but they're currently hard to find.
N: Bring the pages more in line with other Team pages in the wiki, to
reduce the learning curve for those more familiar with other areas of
Ubuntu
Does anyone else have other ideas as to what we could do to make
things clearer and the wiki easier to use? Alternately, any opinions
on J-N?
1: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CategoryUME
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