Agreed, we need to spend our own time promoting ourselves and not force everyone to do the research. If there is any question (which will happen in most cases) then show the goods. Listing raw statistics won't do it, neither will relying on people to remember everything.
Yep. This seems to be discussed, and agreed on. Or have I missed something against this?
What categories are on the table? AFAICT we have:
a) Authors
b) Editors
c) Technical Editors
As discussed, technical editor is probably not a good name for those working on the build system. So some other clever name is needed ;)
d) Notes Maintainers
e) Contributors
These are more than all right with me.
f) Extension maintainers?
g) Helpers?
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I like the idea of people leading the charge on an extension if
that person actually knows the topic and will actively update
and maintain it. For example, ncurses, domxml, pcntl, sockets,
the list goes on. These extensions need people to document
them and do require some specialized knowledge. We need a way
to find knowledgable people to maintain and/or update extension documentation. So how about the ability to "lead" extension
documentation? The one drawback of course is once an extension has a maintainer pershaps others won't want to touch it. We can combat that though, shouldn't be too much of a problem. The person who just asked to document ncurses is an example and would most likely enjoy this role. There was a similar situation with domxml awhile back.
Agreed.
I'm still not comfortable with our proposed doc categories nor do I have a proposal nor do I even know what the proposal is. Anyone feel comfortable proposing specific categories and including detailed descriptions of each? :) Maybe in a new
thread? :)
I don't think so I can define these ;)
:) How about we take a similar approach to advogato in that
we also have a "Helper" category. This won't list everyone with a CVS account but will list even more people. That and the ability for people to maintain individual extensions...
Hm, I don't know advogato. How is the Helper category defined there (the people section of the site does not seem to get to me on the wire..).
Goba