[Users] Request for Wiki - dates
Doron Fediuck
dfediuck at redhat.com
Thu Mar 13 23:16:46 EDT 2014
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Doolittle" <bob at doolittle.us.com>
> To: "Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck at redhat.com>
> Cc: "users" <users at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:17:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Request for Wiki - dates
>
>
> On 03/13/2014 03:28 PM, Doron Fediuck wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Bob Doolittle" <bob at doolittle.us.com>
> >> To: "users" <users at ovirt.org>
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 6:53:13 PM
> >> Subject: [Users] Request for Wiki - dates
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> As most are aware, there's a lot of information on the Ovirt Wiki that's
> >> out of date. In spite of our best efforts, that will probably always be
> >> true - it's the nature of Wikis.
> >>
> >> When I look for information on our Wiki, I never know where the most
> >> current information is.
> >>
> >> I think it would be really helpful if someplace on each Wiki page was a
> >> useful date to let us know the currency of the info. Probably the most
> >> useful date is last-modified, although creation date might also be
> >> useful. Maybe we could even map/display the date to the version number
> >> of whatever the current stable release was at the time for context
> >> (sometimes the content of a page calls out a particular version it's
> >> addressing, but a lot of the time it does not).
> >>
> >> Just as an example, I want to find out about migrating my existing
> >> configuration to self-hosted, using 3.4 RC2. A google search shows the
> >> following links (in order shown):
> >>
> >> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Self_Hosted_Engine
> >> http://www.ovirt.org/Migrate_to_Hosted_Engine
> >> http://www.ovirt.org/Hosted_Engine_Howto
> >> ...
> >>
> >> I'm sure the Features page is ancient at this point. It's hard to tell
> >> about the 2nd page.
> >>
> >> Of course the date a page was last modified doesn't directly indicate
> >> how correct/current the information is, but there's a correlation.
> >> Knowing the date would be useful in making a judgment. It might even
> >> help the task of identifying and cleaning up obsolete pages.
> >>
> >> Easy to do?
> >>
> >> -Bob
> >>
> > Hi Bob,
> > I'm not against it and I'm aware of the fact that pages tend to become out
> > of date.
> > Since every page has a history as you can see in the attached, adding
> > another date
> > seems needles.
> >
> > What do you think?
> Hi Doron,
>
> I was thinking of something very simple - a clear text date on ever page
> on the Wiki.
>
> I can't see anything that looks like your attached picture of menus on
> this page, for example:
> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Self_Hosted_Engine
>
> Do you have to log in to see that menu? If so, that's not very helpful
> to those without accounts...
>
> -Bob
>
Hi Bob,
so for that we have the update date:
Current status
Initial POC devel
Last updated: March 13, 2014
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