Announce: Project to create a new Mercurial Website

[Bill Barry]

Is there an irc channel setup for development on this?

Also would it be better to create a specific mailing list?

Will this be a static site or will there be some server side code running?

David Soria Parra wrote:
> Hi ml,
>
> I would like to public announce a project to create a new end-user 
> website for Mercurial. We have been working on that
> in the underground for the last two weeks and are now ready for the 
> initial dump of our efforts.
>
> What?
> We are working on creating a new beginner-friendly website for 
> Mercurial. It is not a replacement for the current wiki [3],
> but it should make it easier for new users to learn what Mercurial is, 
> how to use and obtain it. We do not aim to
> provide neither detailed technical documentation on the website, nor 
> guides to write extensions. We try to focus on
> Mercurials end-user, and want to reflect Mercurials simplicity and 
> strenghts for this target audience by writing
> beginner guides, pointing to documentation and providing migration guides.
>
> Why?
> The current wiki is a great place for all details around Mercurial, but 
> it lacks a good structure so that new users get
> the necessary details to start with Mercurial fast.
>
> How can you help?
> We currently do not have much manpower, but we need it. If you do not 
> know how to hack on Mercurial itself but want to
> help the community, this is a perfect opportunity. Go write a easy to 
> understand guide, get your hands dirty with the
> HTML or design new fancy icons, screenshots, etc and integrate them. We 
> do not need great python hackers, we need people
> coming from Mercurial user base who have fun in writing or reviewing 
> texts. If you are a native speaker, just go through
> the page and fix our faults. If you have a one line fix, don't hesitate 
> to send a patch. We are happy about every help
> that we can get. Checkout the text/structure file and the hg-website 
> wiki at bitbucket for more information on what is
> currently cooking.
>
> How to get your hands dirty:
> Grab the source from [1] and send patches or pull requests to the mercurial
> developer mailinglist list.
>
> Who, when and where?!
> We try to get the page online as soon as possible and provide easy to 
> remember domains for that purpose. Thanks to
> bitbucket.org [2] and Jesper Noehr who provided and sponsored the 
> layout, Arne Babenhauserheide for collecting information,
> structuring the page and writing texts and Matt for providing hosting.
>
> License:
> So far the design is covered by a CC-NC-SA license
>
> More detailed information about the development process will be covered 
> by a mail that I'll send to the devel list.
>
> Patches, texts, guides and ideas are always welcome.
>
> Cheers
> David
>
> [1] http://bitbucket.org/segv/hg-website/overview/
> [2] http://bitbucket.org
> [3] http://selenic.com/mercurial
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