Re: RFC: documentation collaboration toolchain

From: Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:30:37 +0000
Subject: Re: RFC: documentation collaboration toolchain
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Hello Lukas, Monday, February 25, 2008, 5:04:45 PM, Pierre wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: >> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: >> >> > Personally I prefer going with a wiki, because I do not have much affection >> > with CVS for these kinds of documents (actually I do think that the README's >> > should be in CVS, which is why I worked with Hannes on creating the current >> > php.net/reST interface). I have put this document up on my wiki [12], and I >> > will keep it uptodate. >> >> I'd go for RFC in CVS/Rest, and the todo's in a wiki. > Limiting the RFC to existing php.net's member sound like a bad idea > and create CVS accounts only for a RFC does not sound any better. > I would rather use the wiki for the complete process. Once a RFC > reached a "stable" status, we can add it to a RFC repository. > VC are perfect for source codes and relatively static contents but nor > for documents edition like what we need for RFC, todos or other > similar documents (no source code). We should have all such docs on a WiKi with ACLs reflecting CVS accounts and additional WiKi specific accounts. As Pierre points out correctly, having to give every newcomer for every idea a CVS Access is pretty bad. Maybe the bast way to do it is to control that by our user database. Very easy, or is this too easy? Best regards, Marcus

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