Re: A GNU Binutils wiki

[Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>]

Hi Nick,

>   I am in the process of creating a wiki for the binutils:
> 
>     https://sourceware.org/binutils/wiki/HomePage
> 
>   It is still bare bones at the moment, but I am hoping to build it
>   up over time.  Actually to be honest I am hoping that all of us
>   will help to build it up over time.
> 
>   This was inspired by some conversations and talks at this year's
>   GNU Tools Cauldron.  The intent is to provide a site for helping
>   newcomers and experts alike with using and contributing to the
>   GNU binutils.  Ideally attracting new contributors in the process
>   and making it easier for existing contributors to get their
>   patches approved and committed.
> 
>   The wiki is hosted on the sourceware site, but I do not know if
>   this means that people with write permission for the git repository
>   can also edit the wiki directly.  If not, or if anyone without
>   write permission also wants to contribute, then I am sure that a
>   quick email to the overseers will sort things out.

The question about write access had me think about how things have
been for GDB's wiki. If it's the same for binutil's as it was for
GDB, then account management in the wiki is independent of
sourceware.org account management for git access, and write access
to the wiki is granted by default as long as you take the time to
create an account using the web interface. What we saw happening
is that spammers started creating accounts and creating spam pages
in our wiki. Ultimately, we elected to make the wiki readonly except
for users who request write access and whom we know. The management
was made really easy, as giving someone write privs just consists
of adding their wiki handle to the EditorGroup handle:
https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/EditorGroup

Hope this helps!

-- 
Joel