OpenSource documentation problems

[Terry Hancock]

On Thursday 01 September 2005 10:11 pm, Paul Rubin wrote:
> "Fred L. Drake, Jr." <docs at python.org> writes:
> > Ideally, emails to docs at python.org would result in issues being
> > created somewhere, simply so they don't get lost.  It probably
> > doesn't make sense for those to land in SourceForge automatically,
> > since then everyone has to read every plea for a printable version
> > of the documents.
> 
> Until not that long ago, it was possible to submit sf bugs without
> being logged into sf.  Why did that change?  What was the problem with
> non-logged-in bug reports?  I submitted some number of them just
> because I couldn't be bothered logging in, and they got handled like
> any other bug reports.  

Hmm. Still sounds like "there ought to be a wiki".  I've seen references
to two different ones on this thread. One was then debunked as a "failed
experiment".  The other just gave me a DNS lookup failure (maybe the
URL was wrong).

If there is one, or if one is established, then some work would
need to be done to direct people to it from the existing documentation.
The main issue to be resolved would be establishing which wiki
Mr. Drake is going to read, I suppose. ;-)

Of course, I have a SF account, so I could use the existing system.
But in the interest of reducing obstacles to contribution it would
seem like a good idea. I've only ever set up ZWiki, though, and I
don't seem to completely understand it, as I keep having permissions
problems with it. But I know there are serious wiki people on this
list.

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