From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 13:20:04 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04A7816A41B for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:20:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C261813C4A8 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:20:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B91EBC78; Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:19:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:19:56 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Beech Rintoul Message-Id: <20070917091956.9e47bd04.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200709162112.47587.beech@freebsd.org> References: <200709162112.47587.beech@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.4 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New maintainer forum and wiki X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:20:04 -0000 In response to Beech Rintoul : > I am happy to announce the opening of a new forum and wiki aimed > primarily at the maintainer community. This site is open to all > maintainers and committers. There isn't much there yet, but I'm > hoping that you will find this useful and help contribute to the > effort. If you want to be part of this, just register at the forum > and I'll add you to the wiki. > > You can find it at: > > http://freebsd.alaskaparadise.com > > Feel free to contact me and let me know what you would like to see. At the risk of sounding like a whiner ... First off, what purpose does having yet another forum serve but to fragment discussion? Personally, I don't want to have yet another place to watch for information, and I find the mailing lists quite workable. Secondly, one of the things that I've always enjoyed and bragged about with FreeBSD is the high-quality documentation. I'm really not a big fan of 8-jillion HOWTOs spread all over the internet and all having different levels of quality, reliability, and upkeep. It seems to me that wikis feed this "low-quality howto overload". Thirdly, I already have my own site with notes and other stuff about what I do (I maintain a small handful of ports). I'm already forced to maintain two (one for work, and one for personal) and I have absolutely no desire to maintain a third, let alone any time. All that being said, I say go for it. * As long as the forum is searchable without an account, the information there will be generally useful (unlike that obnoxious experts exchange site -- I hate those people!) * As long as _important_ discussions occur on the @freebsd.org lists, it won't cause any (or much) fragmentation * As long as important information on the wiki is cleaned up and committed to the official FreeBSD docs, it won't result in unmaintained garbage. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com