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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:12:12 -0400
To: "Elizabeth M Smith" <auroraeosrose@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP-DOC] [DOC] Commit messages dead?
From: parasane@gmail.com ("Daniel Brown")

    Hannes,

    I think both Thiago and Elizabeth are correct.  Call me old-hat: I
prefer CVS.... but I'm well aware that it's a daunting task to learn
that new technology for people who would otherwise not use it.  In
fact, most projects - including PHP - are moving away from CVS, in
favor of SVN, Git, et cetera.  If we don't encourage new people to
assist in the documentation - and foster them in the process - the
docs will suffer.  And if the docs suffer, the language is surely
going to lose it's position quickly.

    I propose that the idea of creating a new web-based interface
moves forward, and that we put out a call for volunteers to build the
new system.  I'll even take on the responsibility of leading or
co-managing the project, and will donate hardware and bandwidth for
the development of the new system.

    Even to build a system to integrate with the existing one would
not be too difficult.  Take ideas from the Wiki project, et al, and we
can have the results output as XML files if we really want to.  The
project could be as small as to fill the niche to offer an easy-to-use
web interface that uses BBCode-like markup and auto-commits to the CVS
repo, or as vast as creating a new, proprietary system.

    If the proposal from here moves forward, we should set up a
convenient time when the initial Working Group can meet on IRC or
another medium to set the foundation and iron-out the initial details.

-- 
</Daniel P. Brown>
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