Re: [gentoo-doc] Decommissioning of the Documentation project?

[Nathan Zachary <nathanzachary@gentoo.org>]

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On 14/06/16 11:31, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> With the Gentoo Wiki being the sole handler of all end user (and often also
> development, although the Devmanual is a separate aspect but not under
> Documentation project anyway) we had a small talk on #gentoo-doc if there
> was still a need to have the documentation project as an active project.
>
> Because, you know, we're not active (beyond the wiki, which is doing great
> btw).
>
> I've been looking at what the project would still mean for Gentoo right now,
> and if that would be sufficient to keep it alive. We
> - have some documentation development guidelines as part of the
>   Project:Documentation umbrella (but which can be moved if needed)
> - the translation subproject underneath (but again only with a guideline for
>   translations)
>
> And that's basically not much, and a good reflection of how things evolved
> in the past few years. Just keeping it in limbo doesn't serve us well. It's
> a somewhat empty project, with its deliverables being implemented elsewhere.
> So it's definitely not a failure, on the contrary. It's finished.
>
> So personally, I wouldn't mind that we move whatever is still needed to the
> right location (Project:Wiki most likely) and clean up (or archive if
> needed) the rest.
>
> But I'm also all ears for people who have some neat and innovative ideas to
> do through the documentation project! So, what's your take on this?
>
> Wkr,
> 	Sven Vermeulen
>
I would tend to agree.  Anything that needs to be moved to the wiki can
be, but otherwise, having a separate repository for documentation seems
dated.

Cheers,
Nathan Zachary


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