On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Vincent Balat <vincent.balat@univ-paris-diderot.fr> wrote:
 

It is possible for example to keep the current web site and add progressively new pages using the wiki.


Nice! If we did this, a gradual transition is key.

 

We will release version 1 soon.


This is even more critical. Currently the ocsimore page says "It is under development (not usable for now)." Using a wiki locks us in to a very specific model. We need confidence the tool is stable and will continue to be maintained and developed.

 
 

> Hi,

>

> These days ocaml.org is a great resource and starting point for the

> community and people interested in learning OCaml. It would be great

> however if we have a collective wiki for OCaml too. Not being here at

> any rate competitive and just complementary.

>

> It could cover:

> - using core toolchain

> - tooling like Oasis, OPAM, ocamlfind, ocamlbuild etc.

> - type system tricks

> - small projects with good code examples

> - tools settings, emacs & vim configuration snippets

> etc.

>

> it should be searchable, and fairly centralised.

>

> What kind of wiki engine we would like to use?

>

> I'd just opt either for oddmuse, mediawiki perhaps with some movement

> towards custom one based on Ocsigen and Eliom, but here I don't have any

> strong opinions, feel free to propose anything else.

>

> Separate issue is storage and server etc., I'd happily organise/discuss

> these things, once we know the details :-)

>

> I'm open for any ideas and people joining up with the effort.

>

> Thanks,

>

> -Wojciech