From: | "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
Cc: | <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Proposal for building knowledgebase website. |
Date: | 2005-06-09 20:23:51 |
Message-ID: | E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E490E418@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk |
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Berkus [mailto:josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com]
> Sent: 09 June 2005 21:14
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Proposal for building knowledgebase website.
>
> Hmm, no, I think I understood you. Particularly since you
> said as well:
> "We don't want end users directly adding content anyway."
>
> If the new Techdocs is and easy-to-use WYSWYG CMS, then
> *other people* can
> help port the existing Techdocs content. If it's another
> raw-HTML site,
> then you and Robert are stuck doing it all. You and Robert do a
> spectacular job, but if I were in your shoes I'd be looking
> for ways to
> broaden the maintenance/content generation effort.
The major problem that I've learnt over the last few years of running
the pgAdmin project, and to a lesser extent working on the pgweb stuff
is that asking for a full featured solution from people from the outset
normally ends up putting them off unless they are *really* enthusiastic.
Now I'm not saying that Gevik isn't enthusiatic but I can only think of
4 people I'd put in that category in the 8+ years I've been around here.
I've found that people are *much* more likely to work on a smaller
project that grows over time - the major milestones and fruits of their
efforts are visible far more quickly and they can jump from feature to
feature getting a little self-satisfaction with each, as opposed to
looking at a huge todo list, thinking 'damn, this will take forever',
and finding something different to work on instead.
So please don't misunderstand me - we do want more people involved in
time, it's just that my major concern at the moment is not overwhelming
Gevik before he's even begun!
Regards, Dave.
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