[mythtv-users] Mailing list and a Wiki... and a dessert topping

Michael J. Sherman msherman at dsbox.com
Tue May 18 14:06:37 EDT 2004


 > Sorry but I'm getting fed up.  Would you please care to
 > tell me where you want all these random contributions to
 > go in the official doc 'cause I don't see it belonging
 > in a main doc, much less where:
[snip]

Why not just submit patches against the official doc?  You don't see a 
section for all that random jape?  Then create one.  Make a new 
appendix.  Make a new chapter about tuning your hardware.  Whatever. 
This is how open-source software works.  YOU DON'T RUN OFF AND START 
YOUR OWN THING when you don't think something is adequate.  You 
improve what is there.

I'm getting fed up, too.  But because nobody is listening to Isaac and 
instead pining for a "wiki".  I'm with Isaac on this one.  Keep all 
the information in one place.

I've been trying to look through that Wiki that someone set up, and I 
hate it.  Why is everything titled with NamesLikeThis ?  Can't it even 
deal with spaces?  It's very randomly structured, and I certainly 
don't see how it's useful.  Oh, and there's a Guides section, then a 
HOWTO section.  What's the difference?  And I click on the first HOWTO 
(Widescreen) and get a page about creating a new page.  I don't want 
that!  I thought it said it was a HOWTO on getting Widescreen displays 
to work right.  And there are sentences on that page like "To create 
your own templates, add a page with a name matching the regex 
"[a-z]Template$".  Huh?  Yeah, that's going to help a newbie figure 
things out.  I'm sorry, but it all seems like a giant step backwards.

I've been trying to work on a new chapter for the doc on customizing 
themes, but threads like these just take away all my love for MythTV.

/depressed


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