[FM Discuss] questions about place

[Anne Gentle]

Hi all -
I've read the thread and pondered where I have placed links to
Flossmanuals.net over the last couple of years, and I nearly always refer to
fm.net in the context of either "here's where we authored" or "here's where
you can find out more about FLOSS Manuals books and community." So I think
it's fine to turn FLOSSManuals.net into an "about" site and a reader's site.


Some of what I'm wondering is "what happens to FLOSS Manuals the site." I'm
thinking of people I've directed to the site. Tomi, is this similar to your
current use of the FI site?

writers (of any language) come to en.FLOSSManuals.net or
fi.FLOSSManuals.net(and so on) to:
- become a part of the FM writing community by clicking through to the FM
group on Booki
- join the discuss mailing list
- read the blog about activities around Booki and FLOSS Manuals?

readers want:
- to download or purchase books created by the FLOSS Manuals community

collaborative authoring implementers want:
- links to Booki, such as download
- where do they get instructions?

book sprint coordinators:
- read about how to run a sprint (are any books migrating into Booki?)
- and also join the discuss mailing list to contact other sprinters

Sorry, I don't have any problem with the direction at all, so I'm not sure
what my contribution really lends to the discussion. I do want to preserve
the FlossManuals.net domain, content, and community while giving Booki the
opportunity to shine and be highlighted on FlossManuals.net. Your thoughts?
Anne


On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Joshua Facemyer <jfacemyer at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm really not intending to be contentious without reason, so I apologize
> if I come across that way.
>
> If booki is intended to be developed in an open-source model, I think it
> would behoove itself to be put in a place which is consistent (name-wise)
> for usability.  (If I'm looking for booki software, I wouldn't think to look
> on an FM domain).  I realize that Google et al. is probably how many people
> will find it, but I had just assumed that the same reasons for moving the
> collaboration part of FM to booki.cc would apply to the dev part of booki.
>
> If you don't agree, that's fine - it isn't that big of an issue for me :)
>  I don't want to make a big argument out of it (I hadn't realized until now
> that you were actually disagreeing, I thought you were just trying to
> clarify what I had meant).  I know it's a big hassle to move source repos,
> and in the end, I'm sure it will work fine no matter where it is.
>
> JF
>
>
> On 02/08/2010 08:46 AM, adam wrote:
>
>> i am really sorry. i just dont get these questions. what importance is
>> it where booki is placed for dev? we have a tech set up. we have told
>> everyone where it is. why change it?
>>
>> adam
>>
>>
>>
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