Re: [gentoo-user] mdev for udev substitution instructions web page is up

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

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On Mar 18, 2012 3:45 PM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:38 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 3:29 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
wrote:
> >> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:37:49PM +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote
> >>> On 03/17/2012 03:51 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
> >>> > The page will be permanently "under construction", i.e. evolving as
> >>> > we find out more about how mdev works.
> >>>
> >>> Unless you want to maintain total control of the data flow I would
> >>> suggest turning that page into a new wiki page at
> >>> <https://wiki.gentoo.org/> to ease contribution to others and to
> >>> increase availability and accessibility of that content.
> >>
> >>  Probably the best thing to do in the long run. I've never done any
> >> wiki editing/posting, so I'll take a day or 2 to read up on it.  The
> >> help page looks rather complex.  Or are there any volunteers here who
> >> can copy the contents of the web page to a wiki page?  I'll gladly
> >> change my webpage to a pointer to the wiki page.
> >
> > First stab: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mdev
> >
> > I don't know the Gentoo wiki's style policies, but I do know MediaWiki
> > reasonably well. I did take license to edit for language/linguistic
> > style, but not for substantive comment. Please go through and correct
> > anything that seems broken. It's almost 4:30AM where I am, and I
> > really ought to be sleeping, so I almost certainly mussed something
> > up. Pretty sure I switched styles about halfway through, too.
> >
> > You should find the MediaWiki syntax reasonably accessible; just click
> > 'edit' at the top of the page and compare what the 'raw' form looks
> > like with what the results look like.
> >
> >>
> >>  On a tangent, is that a better tutorial on wiki pages anywhere?
> >
> > MediaWiki.org has the best content. Generally, you'd play around in a
> > sandbox page of your own (on whatever wiki site you have an account
> > on) to get a feel for things.
>
> BTW, where would one go to get involved in organization of the wiki? I
> found myself wishing for templates for consistent formatting of things
> like files, one-liners and naming of ebuilds, but I don't think I
> ought to simply create the templates I'm looking for without talking
> with someone first.
>

I suggest asking in gentoo-project. The Powers That Be™ are obligatory
members there...

Rgds,

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