Information organisation

Lix has a lot of information as a project, and we want to make it accessible in a way that it can be found later if necessary.

There are various tools for keeping information in the project, and they have different purposes

Chat

Chat is good for:

The chat is expected to move way too fast to follow. As such:

The log pad (https://pad.lix.systems/lix-event-log [private])

The log pad is intended as a tool to communicate what is going on in general, without having to have everyone pay attention to chat too much.

It should be used for:

It should not be used for:

Pad (https://pad.lix.systems [private])

We anticipate that the pad service will be semi-permanently private by default, since it doesn't support ACLs.

The pad is good for:

The pad is not good for:

N.B. For users who aren't in the Lix core team, the service returns 500 when you attempt to login. This is a known issue that can't be fixed.

Wiki (https://wiki.lix.systems)

The wiki is good for:

The wiki is not good for:

Markdown files in the Lix repo

Markdown files in the Lix repo are good for:

Markdown files in the Lix repo are bad for:

Forgejo issues (https://git.lix.systems)

Our primary issue tracker is Forgejo issues.

We are currently attempting to use the Forgejo project boards feature to communicate what people are working on; it may be replaced with better Kanban software in the future. When making project boards on Forgejo, make them on the lix-project organisation unless they are strictly contained within one project.

The issue tracker is good for:

The issue tracker is not good for:

Where to put an issue

Gerrit (https://gerrit.lix.systems)

Gerrit is good for:

Gerrit is not good for:


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Created 24 March 2024 08:07:55 by jade
Updated 25 March 2024 22:21:46 by jade