[GRASS-dev] GRASS Wiki versus Trac Wiki

[Moritz Lennert]

On 27/01/14 17:38, Vaclav Petras wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm again opening the topic about what to put in GRASS (user) Wiki and
> what in the (GRASS) Trac Wiki. My motivation now are the pages connected
> to the upcoming GSoC but the problem is general.
>
> In short it is described in this email but I created a page on Trac Wiki
> to discuss possible issues with my approach.
>
> Link to Trac Wiki:
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GRASSWikiVersusTracWiki
>
> Basic description what should go where:
>
> == GRASS Wiki for current things ==
>
> My idea is that GRASS Wiki should be used just to describe things as
> they are. No discussions, no wishes, no proposals.
>
> The GRASS Wiki should be something like user added manual. It should
> contain specific examples with specific data. Guides how to use GRASS
> with some particular software, technology, service or data source. It
> should be a collection of use cases.
>
> GRASS Wiki should not contain proposals and pages serving as a notebook
> supporting development, for example this one:
>
> http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/grass-wiki/index.php?title=Toolboxes&oldid=18005
>
> The end user should not be confused by pages about things which does not
> exists. When he or she would come to Toolboxes page above, he or she
> expects to learn about what are toolboxes in GRASS not what they could
> be if the would be implemented in this or that way.
>
> == Trac Wiki for developing ideas and tracking development ==
>
> Trac wiki is the one which should be used to support development as it
> is connected more to tickets, commits and source code and in the same
> time, it is clear that it is something different than manual or GRASS
> wiki, so this could help to avoid confusion. For example, there is no
> point in having Single Map window idea listed among the existing wxGUI
> components at GRASS Wiki while the page at Trac wiki is perfectly OK:
>
> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/SingleWindow?version=2
>
>
> Thus I believe that all agenda for GSoC should be managed at Trac Wiki,
> not GRASS Wiki.
>
> Do you agree?

+1

Moritz