[CentOS-docs] New User Wishes to Contribute

Thu Oct 8 14:32:10 UTC 2009
R P Herrold <herrold at centos.org>

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Ralph Angenendt wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:53 PM, R P Herrold <herrold at centos.org> wrote:
>> By carrying two wiki, we avoid that workload, and can have a
>> self-serve model for getting commits in the 'projects.' one,
>> and the moderated approach on the vetted one.
>
> Bleh. And I mean really Bleh. Putting documentation into two different
> places absolutely sucks.

agreed [... I would limit what we do to CentOS specific 
extension doco only ... but cannot attain consensus on that]

-- but it sucks less badly than the abandoned mess at (I did a 
minimal fixup and threw up my hands in disgust -- what shall I 
do with it?):
 	http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/MoveNative2DomU


We have a track record of putting support in lots of channels

Compare: #centos, which I designed a centos-specific question 
focus, with a training aspect for purposes that are not 
general, and #centos-social for the back chatter to permit a 
'relief valve' to point people at.

As a result we have a vibrant #centos which is 'a little 
different' and MUCH more usable and useful than ##linux or 
some closed upstream focused 'competitive channels' -- the 
results attained over time do the talking.

-- Russ herrold