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:

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:

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:

It is very important that pads remain temporary in nature, and are quickly moved to their final destination, e.g. the Wiki.

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.


Revision #4
Created 24 March 2024 08:07:55 by jade
Updated 27 June 2025 15:54:23 by piegames