[Xorg] Projects suggestions (fwd)

[Ely Levy]

> Ely Levy wrote:
> > 1)Doc project
> >    Creating and maintaining docs, translating docs to diffrent langauges
> >    Making howtos and newbie guides (like a newbie guy for X configuration
> >    could be highly helpfull). helping in ordering the wiki and faqs so
> >    people could find help solving their problems.
>
> The first step, which has been discussed elsewhere, is getting all the docs
> translated to a common format that can be edited by free software tools,
> such as DocBook XML, instead of the multitude of formats currently used,
> including some propreitary ones like FrameMaker.  ESR's doclifter tool has
> been proposed as a way to get started, and then get volunteers to proof/polish
> the results.

Yea, it was moire like idea of what the project should be about than
actuall plan, but I agree it's an important thing.
On the other hand writing docs for newbie users is important thing as
well...

> > 2)Forum
> >    Yea, a support forum for X, its proven itself to be highly usefull
> >    in creating a community in various projects. Users/Developers help each
> >    other, and more than a few people find it nicer than mailing lists.
>
> And yet another large group of people find web forums much worse than mailing
> lists.  It's a rare website that I can get around to visiting on a regular
> basis - forums are just much harder to follow and participate in than a mailing
> list or newsgroup.  Perhaps that's just proof that we should have both (and
> perhaps a gateway between the two) so that users can pick the medium they prefer.

by no means I ment forum should replace the mailing list,
there is space for both, the way I see it they have completly diffrent
job. Maybe forums would compete news groups but I'm not even sure of
that.

Ely