Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 16:35:13 +0200
From: Wolf <wolf@wolfsden.cz>
To: Al Pi <alpine@vodafonemail.de>
Cc: u.alpine.devel@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: Re: Attention: "Installation" wiki page disimprovements
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Hello,

On 2020-10-02 13:25:58 +0200, Al Pi wrote:
> Much of the list of changes looks like a disservice, here are only=20
> some example points:
>=20
>=20
> * Explanations of alpine's unique diskless/data/sys features were=20
>   removed, and glossed over by "How would you like to use it?: Type=20
>   "sys" and then press enter."
> * Similarily, questionable advice is given without even a hint to
>   the reasons or implications.
>   (DNS nameservers?: If asked, 8.8.8.8 is a recommended default that
>   will be good for most people.)
> * Plain unstructured, descructive edits like=20
> https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=3DInstallation&diff=3D1782=
8&oldid=3D17826

None of that looks like improvement to me.

> Now what?
> How do you developers think, and care about having a good, useful
> "Installation" page in the wiki?

I would say revert (most of?) those changes. Going over them and trying
to figure the "useful" bits sounds like a lot of work and not sure if
there will be enough to justify that.

W.

--=20
There are only two hard things in Computer Science:
cache invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors.

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