Looking Glass Website/Documentation

Is anyone here interested in maintaining/updating the Looking Glass website/documentation? I am simply finding I don’t have the time, or when I do, it’s one of those jobs I really hate doing.

I am considering setting up a wiki (not github wiki though) for this purpose but I will need some people that are really familiar with all the nuances of setting up/configuring LG.

I, of course, will be fully willing to contribute to updating/maintaining the information where I can, but as far as how the content is organized willing to step back and give the reigns to someone else.

Things of note:

  • I would like the wiki to cover the main distros as well as possible.
  • I will be providing the hosting and server management, so I am open to suggestions on what Wiki/Software to install/use provided it’s FOSS Linux based, preferably also PHP but I am open to other suggestions.
  • The main LG website will remain, but instead of documenting things directly there it will link to the wiki for documentation/faq, etc.

It might also be an idea to ask @Wendell if we can have a new section created on this forum specifically for the LookingGlass community, especially since we have ended up with a single long thread for LG support/triage that is a nightmare to troll through for information.

https://www.mkdocs.org/

BSD License:


MediaWiki uses GPLv2+
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

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MkDocs is nice but it doesn’t allow for easy community contribution as a Wiki would. The only way this could work is if people were willing to work with a git repository and so many people are not.

Yup, this is very likely what I would use at this time, however before any decision is made I figured it’s best to ask and see if anyone knows of anything better suited.

At work we use Redmine to track bug reports, sprints and documentation; probably overkill for you though.

I remember also using dokuwiki at some point - really easy setup.

penflip.

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Done. #software:lookingGlass

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I have setup a MediaWiki installation and we will see how it goes.

https://looking-glass.hostfission.com/wiki/

What would you say is the current state of Lookingglass as far as stability of implementation goes? Any major changes coming along in the short term that would render a guide written now obsolete?

From the external perspective I don’t forsee any guide breaking changes.