[oi-dev] Wiki comments

[James Blachly]

I know I am unlikely to sway anyone, but please allow me to offer my perspective as a brand new OpenIndiana user (but have already been contributing to illumos-gate for the past year) as I think it is very important for any project to get “first impressions” from people as first impressions are what make or break any project.

So, with that in mind: 

The outdated wiki [content], including outdated comments, is a detraction and reflects poorly on the project. To be fair, this applies equally to the smartos wiki as well. I almost did not use OpenIndiana at all, but decided to give it a try anyway. Luckily, the project itself is far more professional than the impression given the wiki.  The help offered generously on the mailing lists and IRC has been wonderful and reflects very well on the community.

Hope that is helpful. I have been given access to the wiki and will try to clean things up as I see them, but there is a significant amount of duplication across the OI wiki and the illumos wiki which magnifies the effort required ...

With kind regards
James Blachly