[Mapbender-dev] module maintainers

[Christoph Baudson (WhereGroup)]

Hi there,

after reconsidering I now think that it would suffice to add *only* a 
link to the *wiki module page* (and not to the user page of the 
maintainer as well). The wiki module page will lead to the maintainer 
anyway so there is no use in storing this piece of information twice.

I updated the wiki page

http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Commit_guidelines

Thanks for your input, seven and Arnulf.

About wiki page naming: In my opinion naming the wiki page different to 
the actual script filename would be confusing. I guess people hardly 
ever search for a module, but follow the link from the script or look it 
up in the module list. But I might be wrong.

Christoph

Arnulf Christl schrieb:
> Christoph Baudson (WhereGroup) wrote:
>> Hello developers,
>>
>> today we were discussing the role of "module maintainers". Here's a 
>> transcript from #mapbender at irc.freenode.net
>>
>> Any input on this topic will be highly appreciated,
>>
>> Christoph
> 
> Hey, at one point seven wrote "no" where she really wanted to say "now" 
> to confirm what Christoph proposed (I asked her). Summoning up this 
> discussion the proposal stands as:
> 
> * Whenever you edit a piece of code and you are the originator 
> (Urheber), go to the corresponding Wiki page and add you Wiki user name 
> as a link. * Whenever you edit a piece of code that has been abandoned 
> by the originator (no alive user link there, coder has left altogether, 
> whatever) you can take over responsibilities by adding your Wiki user 
> name. * The originator and major contributors of the code should also 
> always be kept on that page, so do not delete the names but simply 
> remove the square brackets around [[User:Foo Hacker]] and only leave 
> "Foo Hacker".
> 
> == Page Naming conventions ==
> For ease of recognition and linking code modules and Wiki pages should 
> get the same name. In the example below there is a difference between:
> 
> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/addWMSFromFeatureInfo.php
> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Add WMS from feature info
> 
> Which one should we use? I have no suggestions, both have advantages and 
> disadvantages, the upper on is tied more directly to the code, the lower 
> one might be easier to find via search. For our purposes the code 
> miodule name is probably worth more.
> btw: we are currently reinventing the wheel, all this 
> svn-wiki-document-tracker linking is done perfectly well by Trac, 
> Codehaus' Jira and such. But to move there now would probably cause more 
> disruption than it would help us. We have moved from CVS to SVN, changed 
> mailing lists completely, changed mailing lists yet again, moved to 
> another site altogether. I am fed up, I want to settle down - but that 
> is only a personal opinion.
> Best regards, Arnulf
>> [16:19]    <seven>    ChristophB, ur: Shall we suggest to add names to 
>> the Wiki to identify module maintainers?
>> [16:19]    <ChristophB>    good point
>> [16:20]    <ChristophB>    astroide and I were working on a wiki page
>> [16:21]    <ChristophB>    
>> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Commit_guidelines
>> [16:21]    <ChristophB>    a module maintainer should be listed in the 
>> header of each file
>> [16:35]    <seven>    Hm. THis is good. But it is not the best example 
>> as the link should point to:
>> [16:35]    <seven>    
>> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Add_WMS_from_feature_info
>> [16:36]    <seven>    instead it points to:
>> [16:36]    <seven>    
>> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/addWMSFromFeatureInfo.php
>> [16:37]    <seven>    I want to suggested to do it the other way round 
>> too. Irf you are a maintainer, add your name to the corresponding Wiki 
>> page.
>> [16:38]    * seven    adds ChristophB to: 
>> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Add_WMS_from_feature_info
>> [16:39]    <ChristophB>    Of course, adding the maintainer to the 
>> wiki page is definitely necessary
>> [16:39]    <seven>    No if you navigate to Christophs Hompage and 
>> click on "What links here" you see that he is linked to that Wiki page 
>> (regardless off how the module page is spelled out):
>> [16:39]    <seven> 
>> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Christoph_Baudson 
>>
>> [16:40]    * seven    wonders whether ChristophB actually *is* MM for 
>> AddWMSFromFeatureInfo? If not please correct...
>> [16:41]    <ChristophB>    just pile it on top
>> [16:41]    <ChristophB>    but yes, you were right
>> [16:49]    <ChristophB>    I updated the wiki page according to your 
>> suggestions
>> [16:49]    <ChristophB>    
>> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Commit_guidelines
>> [16:53]    <seven>    I was just pointing to inconsistencies that we 
>> have between Wiki and code naming.
>> [16:53]    <seven>    We will not resolve this easily...
>> [17:01]    |<--    ur hat irc.freenode.net verlassen (Remote closed 
>> the connection)
>> [17:03]    <ChristophB>    do you have a suggestion?
>> [17:05]    <seven>    Lets continue this on the mailing list or when 
>> there are more of us online here.
>> [17:05]    * seven    has to leave now...
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