[linux-audio-user] More about consolidation of the Linux audio online resources (was: linuxdj...)

[ico]

Hi all,

A couple days ago I sent an e-mail on this topic due to some initial positive 
feedback, yet not much has happened since... (it may very well be that a lot 
of people are very busy with LAC preparations (-: ). At any rate, please allow 
me to reiterate what I've mentioned before in hope that this time it may 
elicit some fruitful discussion on this IMHO very important topic.

Best,

Ico

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It appears to me that there were at least a few members of the LAD/LAU list 
who have expressed interest in having LAD site somehow integrated in the 
Linuxaudio.org. I believe that this would be a very encouraging step towards 
consolidating online LA resources into one site which would IMHO ultimately 
make LA users' lives a lot easier as well as make the overall LA scene look 
more professional to the outsiders/potential adopters. I see this kind of an 
idea as a first step towards a much more demanding goal--integration of other 
online resources, i.e. Dave's LA software page. I could see this integration 
happening via a single Wiki page that would contain detailed 
info/screenshots/documentation/mailing-list and other pertinent info for every 
LA software available out there. Naturally, linking these lists is also a 
possibility, yet the very thought of having one place with unified appearance 
that would provide all the necessary info, including documentation, 
application-specific mailing lists etc. seems IMHO truly inspiring.

Such a project obviously bears a huge overhead. I can also see devs objecting 
to the redundancy of information that may be already available on their 
software's dedicated website. The solution to both problems would be asking 
devs and/or their project maintainers/helpers to assist with the generation of 
their software's Wiki page which should adhere to certain predetermined 
standards and then also providing a link to their original project's page. 
Yes, there would be some redundancy, but a vast number of projects could 
greatly benefit from such a consolidation, including one of the most 
important, yet often neglected aspects--proper documentation.

For this reason, I would like to use this opportunity to possibly elicit a 
discussion on this matter and hopefully get the ball rolling :-).

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