From 8f22ff4a7be91884f1cd62f5ef98d0941c0b9fb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:01:54 +2100 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Unofficial notmuch wiki concerns --- 6d/b118043b02648e3976540cb9fc1890ad55a998 | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 111 insertions(+) create mode 100644 6d/b118043b02648e3976540cb9fc1890ad55a998 diff --git a/6d/b118043b02648e3976540cb9fc1890ad55a998 b/6d/b118043b02648e3976540cb9fc1890ad55a998 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a7e7018a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/6d/b118043b02648e3976540cb9fc1890ad55a998 @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45952431FAF + for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:02:30 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0.01 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.01 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[T_MIME_NO_TEXT=0.01] autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id YFUvfGjHguxW for ; + Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:02:29 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from tesseract.cs.unb.ca (tesseract.cs.unb.ca [131.202.240.238]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83D57431FAE + for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:02:29 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from fctnnbsc30w-142166230117.dhcp-dynamic.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net + ([142.166.230.117] helo=zancas.localnet) + by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) + (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) + id 1SCUAP-0000XJ-NL; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:02:26 -0300 +Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.77) + (envelope-from ) + id 1SCUAK-0007PO-DJ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:02:16 -0300 +From: David Bremner +To: Kyle Sexton , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: Unofficial notmuch wiki concerns +In-Reply-To: + <1332783587.16741.140661054301601.097F6C46@webmail.messagingengine.com> +References: + <1332783587.16741.140661054301601.097F6C46@webmail.messagingengine.com> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.12 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:01:54 -0300 +Message-ID: <871uoeqpct.fsf@zancas.localnet> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; + micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" +X-Spam_bar: - +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:02:30 -0000 + +--=-=-= +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + +On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:39:47 -0500, Kyle Sexton wrote: +>=20 +> My goal is to make a site where the documentation is easy to update, +> and attractive. My concern is having too many places out there for +> information. I tried to assuage that with the disclaimer pointing to +> the canonical site. Does the community think there is space for an +> unofficial wiki like this? + +[ For those of you following along at home, notmuchuchmail.org is=20 + an ikiwiki instance, writable by anonymous git push ] + +First, it's great that you want to give something back to the notmuch +project. As a project, I think we should be primarily concerned with +the quality of the official documentation that ships with the software,=20 +but I recognize that some things are too transient or specialized to fit +in the official docs. + +Personally, I would much rather you help improve the notmuch wiki than +fork it. + +If you want to have your personal site, like a blog, of course that's +fine. But if you expect other people to contribute to your wiki instead +of the official one (and the generic name kind of suggests that you do, +as compared to mocker.org), then I think it isn't helpful. The set of +contributors to the wiki (like the overall notmuch community) is +extremely small, and splitting that will decrease the quality of both +splits. + +If there are technical barriers preventing contributing to the notmuch +wiki, then the folk on #notmuch would be happy to help with that. It +might just be that you prefer some other wiki software; unfortunately +these are the sorts of compromises needed to make free software projects +(and other projects) work. Or you can agitate to have the project +change it's wiki, if you feel that strongly about it. + +David + +--=-=-= +Content-Type: application/pgp-signature + +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) + +iJwEAQECAAYFAk9xniMACgkQTiiN/0Um85l4+AQAj+3Eb/5ueKvM5UJOFouTLtcm +MyTzto0TlIDadR3FFELDx7abpCp4oIJHJ8w2NrE+86Z/t1Q8zWz90OpxlQgt6umT +YQsLc1P1yaZ+0yfqYJ2C1ZTN6upcEhBXKhg82Euw3iV7JnvpvlUFk8bQMyR5/x7F +5w//FDymGg8lxZO4feg= +=FC8w +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +--=-=-=-- -- 2.26.2