[OSGeoLive] MOTION not to merge PR#4 on gitea

[Alex Mandel]

I'm in favor of a template. Lowers the amount of thinking to get started.

Thanks,
Alex

On 11/21/19 1:19 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Sorry for my late response. I am also confused about Vicky's intent for 
> this motion.
> 
> If it is because Vicky would like to see the template quickstart checked 
> in via github, then I can see that has already been done, and I'm fine 
> with that.
> 
> However, I suspect Vicky has concerns about:
> 
> 1. Adding a new "generic" quickstart template.
> I'm in favour of adding a new generic template. Feedback we have 
> received from documentarians in TheGoodDocsProject was that there are 
> strong reasons for not using an exemplar template (as I originally set 
> up a long time ago).
> 1.1 It projects favouritism and potential resentment.
> 1.2 Successful projects are continually changing, and there is a high 
> chance that your exemplar project will become out of date. It is better 
> to create an imaginary project which doesn't change
> 
> 2. Concerns about the content of the template quickstart (which 
> currently still references udig).
> 2.1 I agree with Vicky's concerns. I suggest we make the template 
> "generic". When I have a spare moment I'll provide more detailed 
> feedback in Felicity's call for review.
> 
> On 21/11/19 10:41 am, Felicity Brand wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yesterday I closed my gitea PR, so I think the motion is no longer 
>> needed.
>>
>> We did create a QuickStart template and it was merged in a PR on 
>> github (not gitea) because that triggers a build and we could check if 
>> it broke anything (which it didn’t).
>>
>> I hope that makes sense.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Felicity
>>
>>> On 21 Nov 2019, at 7:52 am, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm a little confused as to why this is MOTION for a vote. Are we voting
>>> on if we think there should be a template Quickstart? That seems to be
>>> the relevant question, and the issues raised could be addressed if we
>>> are in agreement that we want a template.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>> On 11/19/19 1:51 PM, Vicky Vergara wrote:
>>>> Hello all
>>>>
>>>> There is a pending PR [1] and a reason for not merging [2]
>>>> MOTION to not merge.
>>>> just to be clear: +1 = not merge  -1 = merge
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeolive/OSGeoLive-doc/pulls/4
>>>> [2]
>>>> https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeolive/OSGeoLive-doc/pulls/4#issuecomment-4598 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>> Vicky
>>>>
>>>>
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