Move Google Getting Started Docs to OpenJDK Wiki?

[Martijn Verburg]

Hi all,

I'm intending on starting this work once I get approval from the original
Adopt OpenJDK group to make the split.

Cheers,
Martijn


On 6 April 2014 12:11, Mani Sarkar <sadhak001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 I'm of the same thinking!
>
> I was thinking of these steps
> - remove redundant info (replace them with links to the existing wiki if
> they are necessary)
> - refer to the existing wiki for any new editions
> - combine the two documents into one with both getting started and next
> steps in one doc
> - reorganise the contents of resulting document to help create a seamless
> experience to end-users
>
> Cheers,
> Mani
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Richard Warburton <
> richard.warburton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I believe a wiki format would make the documents more navigable, it would
> >> increase shared ownership, and also be a positive step towards making
> the
> >> wiki a full one stop shop for all things OpenJDK?
> >>
> >
> > So I think the last time I discussed this with Mani and you guys there
> was
> > complete consensus about moving to a wiki, but the issue was we needed to
> > figure out how to incorporate the information. At the moment we have a
> > sprawl of wiki pages with lots of detailed documentation. This is a good
> > thing, but there's also need for a "quick start guide" type wiki page. So
> > its not just integrating the google doc into the wiki, but figuring out
> > how/where the information should lie.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> >   Richard Warburton
> >
> >   http://insightfullogic.com
> >   @RichardWarburto <http://twitter.com/richardwarburto>
> >
>
>
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