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Re: New single website up for review.


On 1/26/2012 5:41 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
>> Updated maintenance instructions:
>> http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Website%20Maintenance
> 
> There's no link to this from the main site.  It's not really obvious that
> the bottom of the wiki main page is where to find that.  A link on the
> Development tab would make sense.

Agreed. The wiki also needs gardening at this point.

>> Updated release procedures to note only one website:
>> http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Release
> 
> There's no link to this either.  A link to something more specific about
> releases belongs in the "Current Status" section (i.e., something that
> gives the status of each release branch).  A link to the page about
> release maintenance belongs on the Development page.

Agreed.

> In general, I'm not sure how worthwhile it is to have too much detailed
> information on the main site rather than keeping more of it in wiki pages.

Agreed. I see the main page as having current status information
that is important for users, and links to the wiki for developers.

> The main page has a very different look from the rest of the
> www.gnu.org/software/foo pages.  It might make sense to rework it more in
> the common mold, with most of the specific subpages just living on the wiki.

I'm less interested in a mold and more interested in what our
developers and users want. I'd like to have a think about that
and then get some input to restructure and provide information
that would aid in that respect.

Cheers,
Carlos.
-- 
Carlos O'Donell
Mentor Graphics / CodeSourcery
carlos@codesourcery.com
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