[oi-dev] Wiki comments

Aurélien Larcher aurelien.larcher at gmail.com
Sat Mar 25 21:53:52 UTC 2017


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.
>

Thanks for your comments, they are very much in line with my own
impressions.

>
> 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 The outdated wiki [content], including outdated comments, is a detraction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.
>

The comment section is now plagued by spam and should be disabled asap.
When it comes to the Wiki and User documentation, we should treat them as a
priority.
I already started adding development notes but people with knowledge of
administration should not be afraid to contribute and modify content that
is obviously outdated.


>
> 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 ...
>

Agreed.


>
> With kind regards
> James Blachly
>
>
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