[parted-devel] Wiki volunteer wanted

[Otavio Salvador]

David Cantrell <dcantrell at redhat.com> writes:

> 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.

Patch discussion or idea proposals should be mostly done on mailing
lists. I like wiki to host the idea spec of a API proposal or like,
where everyone can go and see the current status and improve if
need. Otherwise it gets too difficult to follow...

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