Announce: Project to create a new Mercurial Website

David Soria Parra sn_ at gmx.net
Fri Feb 13 12:51:18 CST 2009


Bill Barry schrieb:
> Is there an irc channel setup for development on this?

So far not. I think we can use the usual devel irc/lists for that.

> 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?
I would like to get started with static version so that we can start. We 
can later change this to a side running. So for the moment: static.

David


> 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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