Re: [Fwd: GnomeWeb 2.18 goals]

[Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>]

--- Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org> wrote:

> <quote who="Joachim Noreiko">
> 
> > > How is projects.gnome.org back on the agenda at
> all?
> > 
> > Well, we could just delete all the current
> projects pages ;) Some of them
> > are unmaintained and some duplicate things we want
> to say elsewhere. But
> > the various app teams might object.
> 
> This has already been discussed.

IIRC, the outcome was the marketing wants snazzy pages
that present parts of gnome, not necesarily single
modules or apps, and module and app teams will throw a
hissy fit if they lose their little corner of
webspace. So we end up with a kludge, which is the
story of OSS.

> > > Is support.g.o meant to be the subdomain
> 'version' of gnomesupport.org?
> > > Why make it a subdomain at all?
> > 
> > Because, speaking as an average surfer, when I see
> gnomesupport.org, with
> > its different url and its sort of the same navbar
> but not quite, I don't
> > know whether it's offically a gnome site or not.
> Not that it should matter
> > -- support is support -- but I then wonder 'If
> this isn't part of GNOME,
> > is there another, REAL support site?'
> 
> You don't need to have the same second level domain
> to share themes.
> 
> > The general idea is, I believe, that if it's
> something we run at gnome,
> > then it's a part of gnome.org.
> 
> That doesn't have to imply Yet Another Subdomain.

Ok, then let's stick it at wgo/support. But
wgo/support is a general page that points to forums,
to irc, other support channels etc. So we're putting
it at wgo/forums?

> > The general idea is that navigation items in the
> general bar common to all
> > gnome sites go to subdomains,  leaving wgo's own
> primary bar.
> 
> This is a *really bad* and totally unnecessary
> general idea. I very strongly
> recommend against it. It would be terrible if the
> outcome of this effort was
> the creation of new mess, rather than integration of
> existing mess into
> something greater than the sum of its parts.

*shrug*
I don't know -- I'm just summarizing what I see in the
planning documents.
What are subdomains for? When should we use them?
Perhaps this should have been defined as a policy.
If they cause mess, let's get rid of all of them and
have everything under wgo.

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