[okfn-help] How to host public OKFN documents and templates?

Tue Mar 6 16:23:43 UTC 2012

At the risk of fanning the mac-hate flames. For mac users, there is
this: http://mac.github.com/ - which has been making my life a lot
easier, it's a simple commit and sync button :)

Maybe there is something similar for other operating systems...

Lucy

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hmm. I'm agreed that the only problem with uploading OKFN document templates
> via Git is that it's hard for most [non-techie] folks to use. However,
> perhaps we don't need everyone to be editing the documents - they just need
> to be in a place that Local Chapter and other community folks can easily
> access.
>
> I suggest:
>
> - We make a new Bitbucket Git folder here [1] called something like
> 'Document Templates'
> - We then provide a link to each on the OKFN Wiki under the 'Resources'
> folder [2]
>
> Am forwarding this also to the 'OKFN-help' discussion list in case anyone
> else has thoughts about how it would be best to publicly host OKFN documents
> in the future.
>
> Kat
>
> [1] https://bitbucket.org/okfn/assets.okfn.org/src/0fc75035631b
> [2] http://wiki.okfn.org/Handbook#Resources
>
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>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga
> <everton.alvarenga at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>> It's a possibility, Lieven.  But on commons you also have a
>> versioning. It's possible to upload new versions and it keeps track of
>> all the versions on its log page.
>>
>> I would use both solutions, but does everybody would feel confortable
>> in using a git versioning?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> 2012/3/6 Lieven Janssen <lieven.janssen at okfn.org>:
>> > For versioning purposes I would also put them on the okfn github repo.
>> >
>> > On the wiki you could provide links to the raw files on the github repo.
>>
>>
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