[Asterisk-doc] Is the project dead?

[Andrew Latham]

Maybe we should start with the applications, pick one and write up
some info on it and examples.

eg... http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array.php

On 4/21/06, Jim Van Meggelen <jim at vanmeggelen.ca> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Leif Madsen [mailto:asterisk.leif.madsen at gmail.com]
> > Sent: April 21, 2006 8:33 AM
> > To: Discussions regarding The Asterisk Documentation Project
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-doc] Is the project dead?
> >
> > On 4/21/06, Steve Kennedy <steve-asterisk at gbnet.net> wrote:
> > > > On thing that is certain is that the docs project could use some
> > > > fresh ideas, so we would encourage anyone who has a desire to
> > > > contribute to get involved.
> > >
> > > If I can help in some way, let me know.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately without decent documentation Asterisk will
> > always be a
> > > "techie toy", and I don't mean any disrespect when saying
> > that to all
> > > the hard works that's been done.
> >
> > I'm looking forward to seeing the PHP-style documentation
> > project that is being started by Peter Beckman -- I think
> > once a framework is up and running, we focus our time and
> > efforts on that because then you can just pick a section and
> > work on it without being really dedicated to writing a whole
> > chapter like in our previous efforts with the Volumes.
> >
> > I believe it'll make the whole documentation process a lot
> > more sane and manageable -- but only time will tell I suppose.
>
> One thing I would caution against is making this turn into too much of a
> Wiki. Not because wikis are bad--to the contrary, we already have an
> excellent wiki, and do not want to compete with it. What we had originally
> envisioned was a volume of books on various topics, from installation to
> low-level debugging. Which books got written would be determined by what
> talent we could attract, and we would offer editorial assistance as part of
> the project (one of the challenges of the wiki is that it is so chock-full
> of knowledge it's hard to know what is relevant or current). For the docs
> project, we thought it would be good to be more focused--to complement the
> wiki.
>
> Jim
>
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