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Subject: Re: [boost] [website] Move guidelines and developer documentation to Trac?
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-07 12:02:48
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On
Behalf Of
> Daniel James
> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 4:14 PM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [boost] [website] Move guidelines and developer documentation to
Trac?
> The guidelines and developer documentation on the boost site are
> getting a bit old, and no one's really updating them. Meanwhile new
> developer documentation is being written on the Trac wiki. It seems
> confusing to split the documentation over two sites, and most
> developers find it easier to update the wiki so it might be a good
> idea to move all the developer documentation over to the wiki and the
> Trac would become the 'developer's site'.
>
> This could also help improve the main boost site. It could be simpler
> and more focussed towards users. Some developer pages would probably
> have to remain on the site for technical reasons (such as test
> results) and some articles might not be appropriate, or we might not
> have the author's permission to put them on a wiki.
>
> The developer section would be replaced by a page suggesting how to
> contribute to boost (along the lines of
> http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost-docs/2010/01/3960.php). We'd
> also keep the calendar on the main site in some form, as it can be
> useful for users.
>
> Any thoughts?
Agree 100%.
Paul
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