[Nix-dev] NixOS wiki

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 05:55:11PM +0200, Vladimír Čunát wrote:
> On 04/10/2013 05:44 PM, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> >On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 11:55:40AM +0200, Marc Weber wrote:
> >>>- some offline editing support (git)?
> >>we talked about it - and we agree that there are ways - but also pay
> >>attention to what Eelco said: He fears that the quality of the contents
> >>of the wiki is not that great. So eventually start with telling us what
> >>you would add, and why it is not possible or too much work to do it with
> >>the current wiki.
> >
> >For me, a big problem of the current mediawiki is that it doesn't allow people to
> >*propose* changes (as git branches + pull-requests allow).
> >
> >We agree that the wiki needs a major rework; but in mediawiki style, you either
> >change the wiki for everyone, or you don't change it at all.
> 
> I second all that, both online editing and possibility of
> distributed offline work seems important to me.

Well, I don't see "distributed offline" as a strong requirement. Many of us have
quite a regular internet link up. But there should be a way to evolve a branch
until it can be discussed and approved for merge.