Announce: Project to create a new Mercurial Website

[Romain Pelisse]

Quickly browsed it... It's a very nice work.

2009/2/13 David Soria Parra <sn_ at gmx.net>

> 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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