[mapserver-dev] Documentation Meeting

[Jeff McKenna]

Great, I can make the meeting.

-jeff



Howard Butler wrote:
> All,
> 
> I would like to have an IRC meeting next Tuesday at 9:00 AM US Central 
> Standard Time 
> <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=12&day=9&year=2008&hour=9&min=0&sec=0&p1=76> 
> to discuss the ongoing MapServer documentation effort.
> 
> Here's a version of the new site:
> http://mapserver.maptools.org/
> 
> Here's a 600 page PDF (~2.8 mb) containing all of our docs that have 
> been migrated so far :)
> http://mapserver.maptools.org/MapServer.pdf
> 
> Here's the agenda for the meeting:
> 
> - Do we need a "homepage", or is the current landing page sufficient if 
> we add some introductory stuff?
> - Do we manage the community section of the website in Trac or Subversion?
> - I have significantly changed the organization of the documentation.  
> Are we ok with it?
> - What do we do about our gallery (I solicited discussion in another 
> thread but didn't hear anything)?
> - How should we deal with transitioning to http://mapserver.osgeo.org?  
> 301 the root of mapserver.gis.umn.edu and be done with it?  Attempt to 
> redirect every page we can?  Redirect major sections?  Where to people 
> typically land when they go to the Plone site?
> - When do we transition?  I would like to be moved by Dec 31.
> - Anything else others would like to add.
> 
> Howard
>