Re: wiki/cms (was: Making AtRPMS more accessible)

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Brian Long <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Axel Thimm <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 08:56:37AM -0400, Brian Long wrote:
>> > I was wondering if it made sense to update the installation instructions
>> to
>> > make it easier for folks to configure AtRPMS for their distro.  For
>> example,
>> > if I'm a new user and I browse http://atrpms.net, it says I should read
>> the
>> > Installation Instructions at http://atrpms.net/install.html.  These
>> > instructions don't mention the easiest way to configure AtRPMS.  People
>> > should browse to http://atrpms.net/name/atrpms-repo/, select their
>> distro
>> > and install the atrpms-repo RPM for their architecture.
>> >
>> > Since RHEL 3 and 4 do not natively come with yum, I imagine separate
>> > sections outlining these one-off configurations should also be written.
>>  I
>> > never used AtRPMS on RHEL 3 and I don't see yum built, so are folks only
>> > able to directly install RPMs?
>>
>> A long time ago I had yum/apt/smart offered for RHEL3, but the
>> maintenance was a PITA and noone really used these tools on RHEL3, so
>> I dropped them once they started not to build on RHEL3 anymore. RHEL3
>> is anyway going EOL in less than half a year IIRC, so RHEL3 is not an
>> important aspect.
>>
>
> Sounds good to me.  I haven't touched RHEL 3 in years.  :)
>
> > I don't mind doing the writing if Axel and others believe the page should
>> be
>> > updated; I guess I'd just like some direction if possible.
>>
>> Yes, I for one would love that.
>>
>> We discussed some time ago to use some wiki/cms for that. I have
>> experience with setting up mediawiki/moin/trac/joomla/c5. What would
>> people here like to use?
>>
>
> I've installed Mediawiki and it seems like overkill for AtRPMS, but it
> would be familiar to me.  Trac is SCM & Bug tracking and since you already
> have BZ, I'm not sure if installing Trac just for Wiki would make sense.  I
> know Fedora used to use MoinMoin but moved to Mediawiki, but I'm not sure
> why (didn't see the conversations).
>
> I'm up for helping with whichever one you choose.  I can also help install
> & configure if you want.  I've not yet logged into people.atrpms.net, but
> I wouldn't mind starting to contribute.
>

Any updates on installing wiki software for AtRPMS front page?

/Brian/