[SVN] Bundle information cleanup?

[Paul Bissex]

On 2/27/06, Allan Odgaard <throw-away-1 at macromates.com> wrote:
>
> On 27/2/2006, at 5:19, Paul Bissex wrote:
>
> > I consistently get "This post has been blocked by the
> > administrator" when I try to edit the wiki pages (I imagine it's
> > related to anti-wikispam measures), and if I'm not the only one
> > maybe this is one reason the pages get out of date.
>
> I do have a block list [2] which would cause that (if a word on the
> list was typed). It would be helpful if you could send me the
> contents of your page edit, if it happens again.


I'll keep an eye on it. I'm pretty sure it happened even on an edit where
all I did was delete material though. Notice that my last name matches
[a-z]*sex though...  [1]


> What do you all think about creating a single bundle info page that
> > for each bundle lists status (requested, in progress, in repo, in
> > default set), responsible parties, and notes? Nothing elaborate,
> > just a rationalizing of what we already have.
>
> I think trying to keep "status" of each bundle will be too much work
> (and so, will quickly just get outdated). But having a better list of
> contributors, preferably with one mentioned as the maintainer of the
> bundle, would be useful (especially the maintainer bit, although some
> bundles have half a dozen contributors who each have done different
> things in the bundle, or there are commands which have been rewritten
> a few times by different people).
>
> I see 3 possibilities:
>   1) cleanup the current README, make it a bit more structured
>   2) use a per bundle CREDITS file
>   3) use a wiki page


I'd vote for a consolidated wiki page. I think credit/attribution for
existing bundles is pretty well taken care of by the README and svn logs;
very few users will care about it, and those that do are probably
sophisticated enough to dig it up from those sources. What's more likely IMO
is that someone will want to know if there's a bundle for their FTL [1], or
if there's a bundle in progress for it that hasn't been committed yet.
Ideally that info should be available (and up to date) on the wiki. That's
the heart of my suggestion.

pb


[1]: http://bissex.net/paul/profanity.gif
[2]: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/M/MFTL.html

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