[Instiki] An Informl announcement

[Watts Martin]

> Watts,
> 
> I agree with Matthias on this one. The "hey, I found a new wiki
> that's sorta/kinda cool" is ok, but I would consider a feature
> discussion on, well, anything not instiki as off-topic. (note,
> this is not a comment on the validity/non-validity of the other
> product, just that this is not the right place for it)

My point really wasn't that this list is a great place for new
non-Instiki product announcements...

> Now, going through your e-mail, there were a few questions on
> current status, maintainer information, etc and if you go to
> www.instiki.org, it should answer some (all?) of your questions.
> 
> You do bring up a good point about communication, and I was just
> thinking, if communication is the problem, maybe what we need is
> an RSS feed specifically for Instiki news..... just an idea.

...it was that it seems to me that we *have* something specifically for
Instiki news right now: this mailing list! While it's possible that I
missed it, none of the information about the new maintainer, work
starting again, or even the re-availability of the Instiki web site and
Trac (both of which had been down for quite some time) was sent to this
list. I doubt I'm the only one who was left with the impression that
Instiki was a dead project, and were that to be the case, "what product
still under active development can we use as an Instiki replacement"
would be a pretty logical topic for the users mailing list.

This may be a rather moot point now, of course, but I think the general
point remains. This list is here expressly to communicate with Instiki
users. When something major happens -- like, say, new developers
restarting the project! -- dropping at least a quick note here about the
news seems like a good thing, even if it's just "New maintainers, check
the web site for details." :)

- Watts

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Watts Martin <watts at ranea.org>