Announce: Project to create a new Mercurial Website

[Jorge Vargas]

much needed Thank you very much.

2009/2/14 Romain Pelisse <belaran at gmail.com>:
> 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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