Re: Proposal for building knowledgebase website.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Berkus [mailto:josh@agliodbs.com]
> Sent: 09 June 2005 21:14
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Proposal for building knowledgebase website.
>
> Hmm, no, I think I understood you.    Particularly since you
> said as well:
> "We don't want end users directly adding content anyway."
>
> If the new Techdocs is and easy-to-use WYSWYG CMS, then
> *other people* can
> help port the existing Techdocs content.   If it's another
> raw-HTML site,
> then you and Robert are stuck doing it all.  You and Robert do a
> spectacular job, but if I were in your shoes I'd be looking
> for ways to
> broaden the maintenance/content generation effort.

The major problem that I've learnt over the last few years of running
the pgAdmin project, and to a lesser extent working on the pgweb stuff
is that asking for a full featured solution from people from the outset
normally ends up putting them off unless they are *really* enthusiastic.
Now I'm not saying that Gevik isn't enthusiatic but I can only think of
4 people I'd put in that category in the 8+ years I've been around here.

I've found that people are *much* more likely to work on a smaller
project that grows over time - the major milestones and fruits of their
efforts are visible far more quickly and they can jump from feature to
feature getting a little self-satisfaction with each, as opposed to
looking at a huge todo list, thinking 'damn, this will take forever',
and finding something different to work on instead.

So please don't misunderstand me - we do want more people involved in
time, it's just that my major concern at the moment is not overwhelming
Gevik before he's even begun!

Regards, Dave.