Paul Kasper wrote: > I'm not sure that is understood by everyone. I certainly > didn't understand that distinction.
It's called out in the restructuring document (http://auth.opensolaris.org/restructuring.html) and it has been discussed on this list - but I guess if people haven't been following the process from the beginning they wouldn't necessarily be aware of that, hence I thought clarification was probably in order. > And, I guess I don't understand the difference between > using the wiki for the portal and using it for "general > purpose" needs. I don't see how these deliverables > are different? The portal is to provide a secure, controlled and therefore trustworthy place for communities to provide information, and it is based around providing separate areas for each CG/Project/UG whatever. Contrast that with genunix, which is a collaborative space that anyone can edit. The two are quite different. > If we roll out the new portal and it does not replace > genunix, then I think we fail. We can only be classified as failing if we set a goal that we don't achieve. Replacing genunix was never a goal, therefore I'm afraid I have to reject that characterisation. > To increase collaboration > and ease of use, we must provide users a consistent > way to produce information, which includes portal > pages, project pages, and "documentation" pages. > I don't think users see documentation as a different > part of the portal...it should be integrated into > the portal. There's a big difference between the current portal content and (for example) content on docs.sun.com or bigadmin. We aren't trying to replace those systems - we don't have the remit to do so, let alone the necessary resources. -- Alan Burlison -- _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list [email protected]
