Proposal: Better Launchpad-Wiki Integration, Contextual Help

Dennis Kaarsemaker dennis at kaarsemaker.net
Thu Mar 16 10:05:07 GMT 2006


On do, 2006-03-16 at 22:53 +1300, John McCabe-Dansted wrote:
> Problem: I can't make head or tail of the new Launchpad system.
> 
> Proposal:
> 
> 1) Every page on Launchpad could have a link [help] to a unique wiki. E.g.
>     https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/+package
> could have a link called help to
>     https://wiki.launchpad.net/malone/bugs/+package
> 
> 2) Put a default stub up, for each page, asking for user contributions
> to the Wiki.
> 
> 3) Hope that mystical gnomes create good contextual documentation for each
> page.
> 
> I would have proposed this on launchpad, but I can't find the "Add
> proposal/specification/whatever" button. ;)

Hi John,

I like this idea - integrating user contributed things with packages.
Although I'd go for integrating this sort of free-form page
launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/$source/+support so it's visible
for users who want to make support requests.
-- 
Dennis K.
 - Linux for human beings - http://www.ubuntu.com
 - Linux voor normale mensen - http://www.ubuntu-nl.org
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