From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ON0Af-0005gR-1i for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:05:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AE79FE0B35 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:05:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BA0CE0948 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:07:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so242557bwz.40 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:07:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=9K00r6JEzinqLm377XGvtrvG/FewJCQNip04dexgJe4=; b=v4Bik59sUUwUk9TxfmsHD87C6NGBFjfjF9Di1jgvVUPv6b62SfdGTN+vEXgZsWYO10 GeUyhmA1pCRfk77OopCadYA8ku7U1rMqsa6Vz1oPKkhNzcujC8kyGaZE0Kc3gAqvqW9g 6CzalbBSUh2ZbH6NgBsmYjwWxuZigidkmty+4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=c6j4C+117QRkWtahQBmp6KdXWcD6XXkWD2R0P17NMO0aDiStCyDuRPxnb4U9/0PwCC Wqta7ftRA6pSsxldshCUGQlWmwL+OWd+SzqipLocfdSZAizJnPSwpESP8ESjv/qpcHpJ 9g2nwmkrvPXtVK5UEo0k2su+yTAUsDUwYzYUo= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.160.149 with SMTP id n21mr1013924bkx.68.1276243674627; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:07:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.76.139 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:07:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1276216676.19855.1379545087@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <20100610230610.7CFB6E0A41@pigeon.gentoo.org> <1276216676.19855.1379545087@webmail.messagingengine.com> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:07:54 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Wiki/informal docs? From: Martin Guy To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 37201abc-fbc9-4c3b-948e-35c2e99f0f76 X-Archives-Hash: a7740401b8dc8d15375faee99a14aa06 On 6/11/10, jesse@boldandbusted.com wrote: > It seems that the "official" gentoo wiki project has > either stalled or is being done behind the curtain The gentoo wiki was maintained by an individual who managed to lose the entire thing in a server crash and not have any backups. An object lesson in "how to do throw away a ton of other people's time and knowledge with as little effort as possible, while simultaneously doing a small lobotomy to the world mind". wiki.gentoo.org would be the most sensible place - it might be backed up independently by more than one person that way - but it's username-password locked even for reading, which completely defeats the point of a technical wiki in open-source world. M