Re: [boost] Boostorg wiki (Was: Re: Ignoring unused type aliases in concepts)

Subject: Re: [boost] Boostorg wiki (Was: Re: Ignoring unused type aliases in concepts)
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-12-17 21:30:53

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 22:28, stefan via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 2018-12-17 4:17 p.m., Mateusz Loskot via Boost wrote:
> > If the old notion of Wiki is not required, I'd stick to git repo
> > with collection of Markdown files and set up a CI build that runs
> > MkDocs and publishes stuff at `boostorg.github.io/wiki`.
> > Then new content could be submitted via PR.
> > I see advantage of having mechanism to review content.
> > - a classic wiki feels like it's too easy to drop any new page with
> > any garbage, scratch notes, etc.
> > A PR-based maintenance would help to avoid that.
>
> I think there is room (and raison d'etre) for both. A wiki is a
> convenient playground for new content to be "prototyped". Once stable,
> it can be migrated to a more curated model. But shutting down a wiki is
> certainly no way to grow a community (if growing a community is what
> Boost wants - sometimes I'm in serious doubt about that).

A vailid idea.

Why not using boostorg/website straight away
- with Wiki for old Trac Wiki, new ad-hoc and prototyped content
- once golden articles are polished, submitted via PR, they may make
it into the website

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net