[SDL] SDLDoc maintainer -- Sam please read
Julien Pauty
jpauty at irisa.fr
Tue Feb 10 02:54:01 PST 2004
I have looked quickly, i find this rather cool. I like the idea of the
Wiki. It could permit to people to add doc more easily. Like new faq or
link to classical tutorials. In fact the examples data base could also
grow more quickly.
Julien
John Drinkwater wrote:
> I'm not sure if i'm talking out of place at all, so just hear me out..
>
> I've been a newbie reading the SDL mailing list for about a year now,
> but never been a frequent poster. What really helped in my
> development/hobby fiddling was the SDL document project that had been
> setup.
>
> Now to get to where i'm going..
> Since just before this topic had come up, i'd been playing with using
> a Wiki*, and had setup a basic system.
> Over Christmas, I decided that since SDLdoc is loosing it's manager,
> needs updating, and requires an easier system to add the content; I
> started converting some of the SDLdoc pages into Wiki, and modding the
> wiki system to accept the requirements I wanted.
> I'd tried contacting the current SDLdoc maintainer, but hadn't had
> much luck, so continued to do the odd bit every day.
>
> It's currently up at http://www.nextraweb.com/cgi-bin/SDLdoc
> Have a look, have a comment, have a mock.
> It is current open to abuse, so I ask that people be careful editing
> pages, but just in case, I can revert to older copies :)
>
> Does anyone have a problem with me taking over the doc project?, does
> anyone want to help manage the site if we do?
> Would people like to help populate the content, add more examples, or
> even help adjust the UseMod code to our specific usages.
>
> Cheers,
> John
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