perfsonar development work

[Nicolas Simar <>]

Loukik Kudarimoti wrote:
> I can think of these:
>
> * We need one document management system, not more. Since we are already 
> started using svn for documents (example: software specifications), it 
> makes sense to use it for other documents such as presentations, copies 
> of published papers, etc
>
> * As I understand it, the purpose of wiki is to help in collaborative 
> editing. Its not really a document management system. For example, if I 
> have to look for presentations related to AA, where should I look? Would 
> it be in the minutes page or should I scroll through the huge list of 
> all uploaded documents and try to pick out the presentations which might 
> be related to AA? The page on presentations and publications seems very 
> much out of date.

We are trying to group them by meetings, to have links from the meeting 
agenda pointing towards the relevant presentation. (currently done on 
the Intranet, but it seems better to move them onto the wiki as I am a 
bottleneck for uploading them soon enough).

What is the search functionality you are talking about? Is it based on a 
 folder tree?

> * Wiki tends to get out of control too quickly because of its 
> flexibility. 
>
> Uploaded documents can be linked from any page which is an 
> advantage but unless some discipline is maintained in where they get 
> linked from, this ends up becoming a dis-advantage (thats how it is 
> currently)

It seems to me that the process of having external presentations, 
deliverables is under control and that the participants are used to this 
approach. Is it a correct observation?

Internal meeting presentations are also under control, but not placed on 
the wiki. The wiki could be used for that with the same control exerced 
as the one on the intranet.

Unless voice are raised about the difficulty to find out meeting 
presentations and minutes, I would suggest to use the meeting agenda on 
the wiki as a means to save and share presentations amongst participants 
(over the SVN).

Cheers,
Nicolas

> I am fine with whatever is decided as long as we all follow one 
> approach. I just though its better to work with one document repository 
> and svn seems to fit very nicely.

> Loukik.
>
>
>
> Nicolas Simar wrote:
>
> > What are the advantages of the SVN over the wiki?
> >
> > Nicolas
> >
> > Loukik Kudarimoti wrote:
> >
> > > I have uploaded the slides onto the svn. You can find them here
> > >
> > > http://anonsvn.internet2.edu/svn/perfsonar/trunk/perfsonar-doc/release-management/presentations/ 
> > >
> > >
> > > I think we should all use svn to upload presentations and documents. 
> > > Using the mailing list is not desirable especially if attachments are 
> > > huge and sent to many people. Using the wiki is not good either as it 
> > > tends to go quickly out of control.
> > >
> > > Before we can ask everybody to start using svn, its important to 
> > > prepare broad categories. A category for release management related 
> > > documents has been created. This category involves documents on 
> > > testing as well.
> > >
> > > Anybody has proposals for other broad categories?
> > >
> > > Loukik.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Nicolas Simar wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > could you please send your presentation as well as the parallel 
> > > > sessions minutes. Thanks.

--
Nicolas
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