Re: [proposal] Package Wiki Server

On 05.11.2009, at 14:46, BABA Yoshihiko wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As I have mentioned several times in IRC, I have a new proposal. The  
> details are below.
>
>
> [ PROPOSAL ]
>
> Package Wiki
>
>
> [ WHAT WE NEED TO DO ]
>
> 1. Set up a MediaWiki for documenting about packages
> 2. Set up multiple languages (like en.wikipedia.org and ja.wikipedia.org 
> )
> 3. May be linked from our package database website
>
> [ PURPOSE ]
>
> 1. Users can write how to use the package
> 2. Multiple languages can be supported, and they are lined to one  
> another
>
>
> [ CONS ]
>
> 1. Most packages may stay without any text
> 2. Some packages may be flooded with complaints and lengthy error  
> messages.
>
>
> [ DETAILS ]
>
> Many users write about Fink packages in their blogs, wiki or other  
> forms. You know Amazon's or AppStore's Review, so you know these  
> information will be more useful when they are gathered in one place.  
> For example, I installed Arora-mac, but I couldn't find the binary  
> until I did `dpkg -c /path/to/arora-mac*.deb'. But imagine the users  
> who don't know dpkg. Generally speaking, Unix users are exposed to  
> "RTFM" comments, but many Mac users are not. Users can also upload  
> screenschots and etc to show how to use the package.
>
> The detailed descriptions will be available in other languages,  
> which is good for the users who are not comfortable with reading  
> lots of English texts. Another reason is that some information is  
> useful only for certain languages. Many tools still have problems  
> with handling multibyte encodings. For example, the current version  
> of unison, a file synchronization tool, has problems with  
> synchronization between UTF-8-MAC and UTF-8 (the upstrea's developer  
> version now has an option to handle this).
>
> As far as I understand from Wikipedia, MediaWiki is very flexible  
> and can do many things, such as redirecting postgresql* to postgresql.
>
> The information may not cover only the information of Fink packages,  
> but also of other distribution system, or even on other platforms.
>
> I think this service will help both beginner users and experienced  
> users find Fink easy to use.

sounds good, except for multilingual part.
I doubt there are enough people willing to provide translations. I  
would be glad if you can prove me wrong :)


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