Re: RFCs and organisation

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Andrew Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote: > On 26/07/12 16:44, Laupretre François wrote: > >> There was a time when one could have written an app for it in PHP ;) >>> >> Right. We all know from the beginning that a wiki is better than nothing >> but, when the number of users/documents grows, it becomes very hard to keep >> the information up-to-date. >> >> Another problem is that documents and their comments are not stored >> together. The RFC remains, which is fine, but the comments fly away, except >> if the author manually copies them from the list. IMHO, this is the main >> drawback of the current system: when I read an RFC, I also want to read the >> comments because they're an integral part of the RFC life. It does not >> mean that they should not be mirrored to the mailing list, but it is >> essential to store them with the RFC. >> >> Maybe it is time to replace the wiki with a real RFC app. Thoughts ? Do >> you know of an existing app used by a similar development community ? If >> not, what would you build it from ? Who would be ready to participate ? >> >> Regards >> >> François >> >> In a reversal of what I said before... not yet. A better organised RFC > page would be better. I'd be happy to help sort and organise it. > So then, we're not going to write a new RFC app? Or are you just talking about tweaking the wiki while the app is under development? --Kris