Jonathan Dowland [2025-05-20 18:48:27] wrote:
> On Tue May 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM BST, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> FWIW I didn't find "keep it up to date" useful feedback.
>> Here's my view: replace each current page with a list of "per Debian
>> version" pages. So, when someone edits a page, they don't edit the
>> "DebianBootstrap" page, but the "DebianBootstrap/trixie" page.
> A variation on this I prefer would be for the assumption to be that all
> pages applied to the current stable release. There would be no need for
> additional sub-pages for other releases by default unless the material
> needed to differ for that release.
The problem with it is: how do you maintain it? who maintains it?
E.g. when a new release happens, who goes through all the pages to try
and figure out which parts remain valid and which parts should be
dropped or updated? That's a lot of work, and the whole point of the
wiki is to crowdsource that kind of work from the users of the site, but
that isn't compatible with the need to do it right when a release
takes place.
In contrast my proposition means that when a new release happens we just
get a new set of pages, which start empty (this part can be done fully
automatically) and can be filled progressively, which should be much
more amenable to crowdsourcing.
Stefan
