[cl-faq] CL-FAQ maintainers and/or FAQ software suggestions wanted

Nikodemus Siivola nikodemus at random-state.net
Tue Nov 14 00:42:59 CST 2006


Larry Clapp <larry at theclapp.org> writes:

> Hi, all.  A couple months ago Peter gave me what he had so far for the
> new CL-FAQ.  I haven't had time to do anything with it.  If you have
> the time and energy to work on the CL-FAQ, e.g. coordinating questions
> and answers that people post, please reply.
>
> Alternatively, if anyone can suggest some web-based FAQ management
> software, I think that would make things a bit easier.  I took a look
> at faq-o-matic (http://faqomatic.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/1.html) 
> and may use it unless someone suggests something better.  I'm not
> adverse to paying a few dollars (less than, oh, $50 US, I guess) for
> commercial software, as long as it's web-based, runs on Linux, and I
> can authorize any number of people to use it and *they* don't have to
> pay.

Having watched the FAQ pass from hand to hand for a fair while now,
each and every time getting converted to a new format, but not always
even getting published, here's a radical suggestion:

Go back to the roots. Keep the FAQ in a text-file, post it to cll
every month, and give it a web-page too.

Just my 0.02EUR

  -- Nikodemus              Schemer: "Buddha is small, clean, and serious."
                   Lispnik: "Buddha is big, has hairy armpits, and laughs."


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