Re: Adding about page to git.gnome.org repositories

[Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 03:43:39PM +0200, Allan Day wrote:
> Having the about pages on git.gnome.org seems like a nice approach.
> The only issue I see is that we're potentially duplicating material
> that's on the wiki, and if people don't look at these about pages,
> they won't get updated.

Yes, that's my worry as well. For that I'd like some "grand scheme"
feedback/actionplan.

doap:
+ can enforce that minimal amount of information is available
+ by using the doap files, should ensure that it is up to date
+ doap files are already used for various things
+ only one place where you update something, rest is automatic
- not the same as a wiki
- ensuring it is updated at right times requires sysadmin to setup
  initial process
- potential overlap between wiki and doap
- per git module, so 1 git module can only ever have 1 about page
  this would've been problematic for (historic): gnome-games

wiki:
+ can add any content you want (meeting logs, etc)
+ can easily be changed
- not as consistent
- might not cover every module
- not automatic (e.g. I see some people adding the releases manually..
  even if scripted, that is bad IMO)

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Regards,
Olav