[OSM-dev] Hosting documentation for OSM related projects

Chris Browet cbro at semperpax.com
Fri Jul 11 11:38:26 BST 2008


Yep, probably a Wiki on the main server would be the better solution...

Besides, I assume there are tools allowing a wiki to whatever integrated
help system available

2008/7/11 Robin Harmsen <robin at rharmsen.nl>:

> Perhaps it might be better to put such things in Wiki, as it allows much
> easier editing.
> Could be done on the Trac server or in the Wiki it self.
>
> Just my 2 cents...
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: dev-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:dev-bounces at openstreetmap.org]
> Namens bvh
> Verzonden: vrijdag 11 juli 2008 11:14
> Aan: dev at openstreetmap.org
> Onderwerp: [OSM-dev] Hosting documentation for OSM related projects
>
> Hi,
>
> The current 'documentation' for merkaartor is just some bunch of static
> html files that I host on my personal website. As a result it is
> badly lacking. Sven Lanke approached me with the idea to keep the
> documentation inside subversion, which then gets checked out on the
> web server so that it is easier for people to make corrections
> and additions.
>
> I personally like the idea very much, but while we are changing things
> it might make sense to move the merkaartor documentation (or even
> complete homepage) over to the openstreetmap website, since the
> whole reason of being for merkaartor is OSM.
>
> I understand there is a high burder of work on the system administrators
> of OSM so if this is considered a task they would rather not take on
> I fully appreciate that! But if it would be possible to have the
> some kind of site edited through svn and then hosted as a static
> checkout on openstreetmap, then I am very interested.
>
> Please let me know what you think, so that I at least can get the
> ball rolling on my personal website if this is currently not deemed
> reasonable on OSM for whatever reason.
>
> cu bart
>
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