[mapserver-dev] Documentation Meeting

Steve Lime Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us
Fri Dec 5 17:48:42 EST 2008


I can make the first 30min...

Steve

>>> On 12/5/2008 at 10:36 AM, in message <493958AA.1050807 at gatewaygeomatics.com>,
Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 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&ho 
> ur=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
>> 
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