developer.gnome.org status [was: Re: gnome-docu]

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

Am Donnerstag, den 20.05.2010, 18:59 +0200 schrieb Andre Klapper:
> Am Donnerstag, den 20.05.2010, 18:17 +0200 schrieb Pablo Castellano:
> > One of the first sites I found was http://developer.gnome.org/ which 
> > seems really obsolete. As it's under the control of gnome, I also 
> > suggest removing it, since it can only confuse more people.


I went through the content of developer.gnome.org and dump it here.


The questions for everything that is still available are:
* Is it outdated?
* Is it still helpful for anybody to keep it?
* If content is okay:
  Where to find a new home?


http://developer.gnome.org/news/
Weekly summaries from 07/1999 - 07/2004.
--> Dump it to the wiki? URL proposals?

http://developer.gnome.org/feature/archive/accessibility/
--> Merge into http://live.gnome.org/Accessibility/ if still
    interesting? Maybe review first by a11y team?

http://developer.gnome.org/feature/archive/galeon/
--> outdated; proposal: delete

http://developer.gnome.org/feature/archive/sashxb/
--> never heard of it; proposal: delete

http://developer.gnome.org/feature/archive/gconf/gconf.html
--> maybe http://library.gnome.org/devel/guides ?
    Though deprecated anyway.

http://developer.gnome.org/feature/archive/gdkpixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.html
--> Move to http://library.gnome.org/devel/guides if at all?
    API ref at http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk-pixbuf/stable/
    Maybe ask Federico?

http://developer.gnome.org/feature/archive/xconcepts/x-concepts.html
--> Wondering how up-to-date or interesting this still is (1999).

http://developer.gnome.org/links/book.html
--> Migrate to http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLove#Books

http://developer.gnome.org/links/
--> looks useless; proposal: delete

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/GGAD/
"GTK+/Gnome Application Development" book, but from 1999.
--> delete?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/tutorials/
A list of external links to tutorials.
--> ?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/tutorials/xml-sax/xml-sax.html
libxml stuff...
--> ?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/tutorials/import.html
--> unneeded, delete

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/tutorials/import-svn.html
--> outdated, delete

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/tutorials/helpsys.html
--> outdated (libgnome), delete

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/whitepapers/canvas/canvas.html
Short GnomeCanvas introduction
--> ?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/whitepapers/Components/index.html
Corba introduction
--> outdated, delete

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/whitepapers/DND/
Drag and Drop in GNOME introduction
--> ?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/whitepapers/esd/
Esound introduction
--> not used by GNOME anymore; delete?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/whitepapers/GMF/
GNOME Multimedia Framework (1999)
--> highly assuming that this is outdated; delete?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/whitepapers/gtki18n/
Internationalization in GTK+ (1999)
--> ?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/whitepapers/libroadmap/
GNOME 1.0 Library roadmap
--> maybe nice for an archive? shrug

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/whitepapers/ORBit/
CORBA applications in GNOME (1999)
--> delete?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/whitepapers/SystemConfig/
The GNOME configuration files (1999)
--> ?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/guides/corba/
--> delete?

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/guides/programming-guidelines/
--> Move to http://library.gnome.org/devel/guides if at all?


That's all, for the records.

andre
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