Tagging wiki pages with Ubuntu version numbers

Pasi Lallinaho pasi at shimmerproject.org
Sat Dec 7 16:47:46 UTC 2013


On 07/12/13 18:35, cprofitt wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-12-07 at 10:02 +0000, Tom Davies wrote:
>> Hi :)
>> Wiki pages tend to be better if they are not written for a specific
>> release.  The more generic a page is the longer it usually lasts and
>> maybe even be useful for wider *buntus, maybe even Mint and other
>> off-shoots, maybe Debian and maybe even further afield.
>>
>> If pages have tags for specific releases then ALL pages are going to
>> need to be checked and updated for every release, even if the only
>> update is to add the new tag.
>> Regards from
>> Tom :)
>>
> I do not think writing for a specific release is required, but perhaps
> having some sort of documentation / tag that indicates which release the
> documentation has been tested with.
>
> I can appreciate making the documentation as broad as possible, but
> there should be some indication to readers that the documentation was
> not tested / written using the release or distribution they are working
> on.
>
> Charles
>
>
>

Another idea I think could be worth thinking is tagging all the pages 
with the modification / last major update month, like Dec2013. That way 
we could track the oldest pages easily.

Pasi

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