On 12/27/05, Davanum Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Example: last apachecon, Geir was trying to update geronimo.html, it > took 30+ mins before asking for help. It took me 15+ minutes to figure > out that geronimo.html was not being linked from any page in the web > site. So we lost close to an hour of hackathon time trying to do > something really simple and silly - add a line of text to the > geronimo.html asking folks to go to the geronimo actual web site. > > We did get into a debate on pros and cons then and there. We > definitely knew that if someone proposed such a measure like Leo's all > the forrest aficionados will come out of the woodwork (like you did!) > :)
Well, I'm no forrest aficionado at all, just a user. My comments were rather that we should avoid creating the n'th format and tool to do something that we already have a lot of tools for. Btw, I would be surprised if the Geronimo site (of which I don't know anything about) is a simple site. And this seems a good example where input to the Forrest project can make it better. > A simple script that required no setup and that generates the html for > the web site with no fuss is what we want. IMHO, Forrest to put it > mildly is a pain in the neck for a total beginner to bootstrap himself > to do something useful. For what it's worth, I think Henri's idea is a good one. Just let the incubated projects write their docs in HTML and Incubator gives them a CSS (and perhaps a coarse look-and-feel to strive for). And then use something like Sitemesh or similar to add menus and stuff. regards, Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
