On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 01:55 +0200, ext Tiago Vignatti wrote: > Matt, > > On 05/26/2010 04:12 PM, Matt Dew wrote: > > Ok here's a summary of current changes: > > > > 1) I used kernelnewbies.org as the template, so this page doesn't look > > like the xorg wiki. (probably least important diff), > > I guess you can remove "XOrg" from the top and let only the logo there. > > Another issue to worry about is regarding the wiki engine. Is MoinMoin > good enough for us? I'm totally dumb regarding these technologies but we > should choose one easily to upgrade, maintain, customize, etc.
(I'm just jumping into the middle of the conversation, so my apologies if I have missed something.) It's been a long time since I've looked at wiki software, but I remember the search engines being terrible except on MediaWiki. MediaWiki also has a lot of cool features, is well maintained (Wikipedia...), and has support for 3rd party extensions: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:AllPages/Extension: (unorganized list, but you get the idea.) It also provides good cross referencing etc, so this would be my vote. > > > > 2) Architectural overview -There was a detailed drawing over on the > > ubuntu forums a while back. The front page has a link to that. While > > it seems overly complicated, it's nice to have a diagram that shows > > all the parts. > > This is nice indeed. But we have to go carefully here because I see some > out dated info there for instance. Should be nice to get the source of > this diagram so we could upgrade accordingly the current architecture. > > > > 3) Front page now contains links to GSoC and EVoC. > > (see below) > > > > 4) Front page now contains a link to more contact info than just the > > IRC and mailing list. Also has a link to the maintainers file so > > people can quickly find out who's in charge of what so they can direct > > questions. > > (see below) > > > > 5) More links for development stuff: How to Download, How to Build, > > Bug Reporting, Submitting Patches, ... > > As I already said this for you, for some reason I'm adept of simplistic > interface. I think an attractive page is a simple page. I don't like to > spend more than one minute reading a page before click in something that > I'm really interested, searching for. > > For instance, I come to Mozilla wiki page just to download and use it, > I'm not interested at all what in hell is Tinderbox. It just pollutes > what I'm looking for. > > Therefore I'd prefer to shrink a lot the options the left tab, where > each option would expand those suboptions there. For instance, instead > have GSOC and EVoC, you could put both inside one single link like > "Studying at X.Org" maybe. > > But you and other guys may have different options though. > > > > 6) A components page that has more information on the modules, > > drivers, protocols. There are links to more detailed information on > > the protocols as well as drivers and modules. I'm trying to round up > > detailed info on all pieces and how they fit together as well as their > > function in the overall design. > > when you click in "components" on the left tab, then it disappears the > same link there after opening it in the main tab. Is it a bug? > > > > 7) Links to external dependencies like mesa, xkeyboard-config and XCB. > > again: inside one single link. > > > > 8) Link to tinderbox. > > nice. > > > > I'm trying to collect existing information and put it in one place in > > a consistent manner so things are easy to find. Right now I'm > > focused on rounding up links to the development documentation. > > However, I don't plan to stop there. The goal is to have documentation > > for development, use/configuration, demos/presentations, ... > > > > Please give me feedback, links, requests, suggestions, etc. > > thanks, > > indeed! :) Let's wait a bit other guys suggestions to see if they come > with more ideas. > > > Thank you, > > Tiago > _______________________________________________ > [email protected]: X.Org development > Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel > Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
