Re: [naviserver-devel] website

[Zoran V. <zv...@ar...>]

Am 13.06.2005 um 10:00 schrieb Stephen Deasey:

> On 6/6/05, Bernd Eidenschink <eid...@we...> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> _please_ excuse the delay for bringing up the homepage. There is a  
>> first
>> version at www.servercult.com now.
>>
>
>
> Don't worry about it, it took me just as long to reply...  :-)
>
>
>
>> Feel free to bring up everything you like or dislike. This is just  
>> a proposal
>> (and also work in progress).
>>
>> In my opinion some very basic texts describing the 'why' and  
>> 'where to go' of
>> the project should be made available for the community; also I  
>> agree with you
>> to keep the content low to focus work on the more important areas!
>>
>> Until direct login is possible for you please send me any content  
>> you like to
>> add, see, change!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bernd.
>>
>
>
> How does everyone feel about using a wiki?  Take a look at this:
> http://psplinux.sourceforge.net/ -- These folks are using MediaWiki,
> the software behind the WikiPedia project, on their Source Forge
> hosted web site.
>
> Now take a look at this site:  http://hula-project.org -- This is the
> exact same software with a different template running the main website
> for Novell's new Hula mail/calendar server software.  Looks nice.
>
> I've looked at MediaWiki briefly.  It comes with half a dozen
> templates which can be used as a starting point to achieve the look
> and feel that Bernd's developed.
>
> I think we'd run it slightly differently than the AOLserver wiki we're
> already familiar with.  We'd auto-generate Zoran's fancy new docs from
> CVS as static pages, maybe using the wiki for comments.  Also, we'd
> auto-generate a list of modules straight out of CVS so that it's
> always up-to-date.
>
> So, how about it?  I think it would be an easy, low maintenance way to
> get a lot of people participating quickly.
>

What infrastructure would be needed to run MediaWiki?
Do we have time/knowledge to set it up (I don't).
OTOH, the fact that everybody can freely participate (wiki)
appeals to me because it eases the burden of maintenance.

Both projects you quoted look pretty nice, BTW.

Zoran