why o why

Eric Rostetter rostetter at mail.utexas.edu
Thu Apr 21 16:17:05 UTC 2005


Quoting Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at redhat.com>:

> I suspect that learning how a wiki system manages all this would have a
> similar learning curve to using CVS and Docbook.

Yes, but it isn't really apples to apples.

The wiki setup would promote more community participation in the docs.
The current system promotes single author docs.

So, the question becomes do we want to foster an environment of cooperative
documentation writing, or of individual documentation writing?

> We really should be
> more worried about getting suitable content rather than refining the
> submission process now. 

But the wiki may do just that, by allowing more people to participate.
It does this, in part, by allowing people to each spend less time on
the job, by working with others.

> regards
> Rahul

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Eric Rostetter




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