the docs are dead, long live the docs 5

Posted by jan Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:15:00 GMT

... oh not again.

The Docs are now in the wiki instead of a dead, boring manual, see www.lighttpd.net points to the new location already. If you want, the docs are editable for everyone now. It is an easy way to improve the docs, check if they are right, fix typos, rephrase the wording, add more examples, ...

Thanks go to hoffie and the others who helped to move the docs to the wiki.

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  1. Michael Fri, 04 Aug 2006 04:22:27 GMT
    Excellent move Jan, now as lighttpd evolves the docs can be improved with the heap of many who're itching to find a role in this project.
  2. jolly Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:37:39 GMT
    Sometimes it is confusing how you use interchangebly the words plugins and modules. Plugins in other open source projects have the connotation of "user supplied modules". Consider calling plugins/modules just modules througout all websites to match the source.
  3. gunnar Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:54:23 GMT
    .htaccess, or the lack of support for it is the one thing that keeps me off lighty... my 0.2€
  4. Silencer Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:15:35 GMT
    So, now there is no OFFICIAL docs from author? Sorry, but don't sure this is great idea.
  5. jan@kneschke.de Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:06:55 GMT
    I'll provide feedback and the early write-ups of the docs for the code I write. But others are better in explaining the features and providing examples and tutorials. Take a look what happens right now in the wiki: more cross-linking, fixes for typos, ...
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