kbase fedora project

[Rahul Sundaram]

Bart Couvreur wrote:
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> Rahul Sundaram schreef:
>> Marek Mahut wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I want just to ask if there's something new about idea of fedora kbase
>>> listed
>>> over here
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/SteeringCommittee/TaskSchedule
>>> ?
>>> I think it's a good idea to make some collection of technical how to's
>>> for users,
>>> and I'm ready to help. Good example is the doc wiki of our french
>>> colleagues http://doc.fedora-fr.org/Accueil.
>>>
>> I was interested in this long back. However I couldnt find a easy to use
>> Kbase system written in Python which is the prefered language for the
>> infrastructure team. PHP which is popular language for these are not a
>> option for us.
>>
>> Rahul
>>
> 
> What about using a Plone-driven site as kbase? It wouldn't need that
> much of thinking, just a workflow and everything could be good to go.
> 
> Pro's:
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> * Plone supports a folder-like structure by which we can sort all howto's
> * Easy interface for adding new howto's
> * Good search mechanism
> 
> Con's:
> - ------
> * Not *yet* tied into Account System and CLA-stuff, but I think we can
> handle this one, by only giving the right guys, the right access level,
> as with the EditGroup on the wiki
> 
> Maybe we should test this on the plone-instance for FDP??
> 

Plone would be good, yes but we are in need of help there. If you are 
interested see the following pages

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/RFR/DocsProjectPlone
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/PloneIssues
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/RFR/Plone
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Websites/PloneToDo

Rahul