From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 22 20:48:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5DA106564A; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:48:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from db@db.net) Received: from diana.db.net (unknown [IPv6:2620:64:0:1:223:7dff:fea2:c8f2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 192098FC0A; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:48:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from night.db.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by diana.db.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05AA12AA499; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:48:34 -0600 (MDT) Received: by night.db.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 64D0F5C62; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:48:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:48:24 -0500 From: Diane Bruce To: Eitan Adler Message-ID: <20120622204824.GA51799@night.db.net> References: <20120608083519.GA8252@lonesome.com> <20120608113104.GA1720@night.db.net> <20120612221505.GA77335@night.db.net> <4FD7C615.2020209@FreeBSD.org> <4FE4BCAE.3020405@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time for a fresh start, it's time folks X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:48:35 -0000 On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 01:14:59PM -0700, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 22 June 2012 11:42, Benedict Reuschling wrote: > > > I agree with Gabor's statement that we should wait until we are in XML > > world. Otherwise, we would probably need to throw away anything that ... > > excellent progress towards a more modern doc infrastructure. Once the > > foundation is solid enough, I guess there will be plenty of people who > > are be willing to work together on a new FreeBSD.org webpage. > > Not at all. Making a mockup does not touch our infrastructure at all. > Gabor's work, while quite useful and appreciated, is completely > unrelated. I agree. It really matters little to the web design folk what form the content is in at this time. A mockup would not get in the way of anything Gabor or anyone else is doing. In fact, bits and pieces of the xml tree can mesh in nicely with the new mockup. > > > These things take time, but the webpages are not broken at the moment, > > just outdated. Hence a replacement should not be our top priority (at > > least, it's not mine). However, I would be interested to see some design > > studies if someone is interested in doing them to see what can be done. > > Agreed. It isn't urgent "unbreak it now", but if we can, we do need to > update it. A good time to do it is *during* the XML conversion, it's quite probable we could present a new face with a new docs system underneath. > > -- > Eitan Adler Diane Bruce -- - db@FreeBSD.org db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db Nowadays tar can compress using yesterdays latest technologies!