[kepler-dev] breaking off a kepler-docs repository

[Matt Jones]

One thing I like about using CVS for document management is being able 
to travel with everything and access all of the docs even when I am not 
network connected.  I find I often need access to powerpoint files and 
word files in particular when I am on airplanes, and so I think whatever 
solution we choose should allow a simple mechanism for downloading the 
whole repository to local systems for offline access.

Otherwise, I would be fine with separating out a document repository.

Matt

Shawn Bowers wrote:
> I think it is a good idea to *not* include the various publications and 
> presentations concerning Kepler in the code repository (cvs).
> 
> I wonder, however, if having a separate cvs for documents is the way to 
> go.  Instead, maybe we should consider using a more traditional approach 
> like a document management system? I'm sure there are a number of 
> open-source/free ones out there (e.g., zope and plone are popular ones, 
> the stanford publication server is an older one).  Perhaps there are 
> also extensions of the wiki for this?
> 
> 
> -shawn
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Chad Berkley wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>As I sit here checking out kepler (again), waiting forever for the docs 
>>directory to finish, it occured to me that it might be ok to have a 
>>different cvs repository for kepler docs.  there's no reason why a 
>>developer should have to checkout out a myriad of .doc and .ppt files 
>>everytime you need a new version of kepler.  It seems to me that docs 
>>that actually go with the kepler software should stay in the kepler 
>>repository, but publications, reports and the like could be stashed 
>>somewhere else.  Anyone have any reasons why this would be a bad idea?
>>
>>thanks,
>>chad
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