vdsm hooks pages at ovirt.org

[Dan Yasny]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karsten 'quaid' Wade" <kwade at redhat.com>
> To: "Dan Yasny" <dyasny at redhat.com>
> Cc: infra at ovirt.org
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 August, 2012 8:55:00 PM
> Subject: Re: vdsm hooks pages at ovirt.org
> 
> On 08/22/2012 08:47 AM, Dan Yasny wrote:
> > 
> > Wiki pages are used by engineering, mainly to describe features and
> > projects. I really want the hooks to have a consumable look to
> > them,
> > just like https://extensions.gnome.org/ or
> > http://gallery.zimbra.com/
> > or marketplace.redhat.com
> > 
> > This will have to be built, and will take a lot of effort, so I
> > don't
> > expect too many changes there, once it's up and running, and the
> > entry barrier is negligible, compared to the amount of work I'll be
> > putting in there anyway.
> > 
> > So if Wiki is the only choice, we'll have to use wiki, but if it's
> > possible to do this in a nicer, more mature-looking way, I'd rather
> > go there
> 
> It's not that the wiki is the only choice, I just didn't see an
> explanation in the discussion as to why it won't suffice. I reckon I
> see
> your point now. My only concern is if you can get the design
> resources
> to make the look&feel. However, using WordPress at least gets you the
> same look&feel as the rest of the site (including when it is
> updated.)
> 
> BTW, WordPress isn't a requirement either - you could build this
> another
> way, but WordPress has some conveniences, including making it much
> simpler for other people to help with maintenance.

What other way would that be? I'm open for suggestions, since this is quite new to me too

> 
> Are these 'hooks' only going to be for VDSM? Or could there be others
> for other components? I'm asking because hooks.ovirt.org is a generic
> namespace, vs. vdsm-hooks.ovirt.org etc. Just want to make sure we
> don't
> lock ourselves in to a name usage that we may not always want.

Makes sense. We might also have a simpler repository for API and SDK scripts, instead of people keeping their own githubs all over the place, but hooks are important because they allow you to expand the functionality of oVirt in a very broad range of features

> 
> I'll add Dan as an Editor for the WordPress instance - you can always
> start a page and rename it if the naming changes. I'll hold-off on
> requesting the DNS addition to see what the answers to my questions
> are.

OK, is there a place I can read up on getting started with wordpress? Used to play with Joomla a few years ago, but nothing too serious

> 
> - Karsten
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> 
> 

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Regards, 

Dan Yasny 
Red Hat Israel 
+972 9769 2280