Re: wiki [Was Re: The trick to build PySablot and an updated SuSE-GNUe-HOWTO]

[Daniel E Baumann]

On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 12:07:26PM -0500, Jason Cater wrote:
> I know that some don't like the idea of a GNUe wiki, but I'd like us to
> consider it again. Someone mentioned they didn't like the idea of doing
> docs in wiki at the expense of some traditional format. 
> 
> However, this is exactly why wikis would be sooo useful --
> user-contributed howto's, notes, samples, etc. Our users are a wealth of
> information. Especially when it comes to installation. Most of the core
> developers are Debian-biased, so it's hard for us to document the steps
> for other *nixes. 
> 
> Either way, let's at least get these user contributed HOW-TOs up on the
> web somewhere. I was looking for the RedHat-HOWTO last week, but could not
> find it anywhere. 

I love the idea of a wiki. We use one for our LUG and it is just a lot
of fun and a nice place to slings ideas around. It's like a "living"
document so to speak and would serve as a valuable resource, imho.

Dan
-- 
And if cynics ridicule freedom, ridicule community...if ``hard nosed 
realists'' say that profit is the only ideal...just ignore them, and use 
copyleft all the same.
      -- RMS

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