[parted-devel] Wiki volunteer wanted

[David Cantrell]

Otavio Salvador wrote:
> David Cantrell <dcantrell at redhat.com> writes:
>>>> 2) Is a wiki _that_ useful to the project?  Is there something the wiki
>>>> can provide that we can't get from the web site and mailing lists?  Too
>>>> many stimuli mean the project quickly gets to a point where no one can
>>>> find any useful information.
>>> Like Leslie mentions, a Wiki is useful for taking quick notes and
>>> discussions. Mailing lists are Ok for the latter, but not the former.
>> I disagree.  Wikis are not useful for discussions.  In fact, they are
>> terrible at that.  Wikis are useful when you want to post some sort of
>> quasi-static information and let other people add to it or change it,
>> but that's not a discussion.
> 
> I agree that it's horrible for dicussion but it's awesome for
> specifications. To do a specification on a mailing list is horrivel
> because you never have the full status of it.

If that's what is meant by discussion, then yes, a wiki is a good tool 
for that.

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David Cantrell
Red Hat / Westford, MA