[LEDE-DEV] Documentation for router support means the famous Table of Hardware

[Jan-Tarek Butt]

On 09/08/16 12:59, Karl Palsson wrote:
> 
> Jan-Tarek Butt <tarek at ring0.de> wrote:
>>> Since I was referenced in that thread on the OpenWrt forum, I'll give my
>>> two cents. The documentation initiative I tried to start seemed to
>>> fizzle out from the difficulty in getting the front page of the wiki
>>> changed to be more useful. When changes didn't seem possible (and it
>>> wasn't clear how to make them happen), folks kind of lost commitment. I
>>> will try to contact the folks I know though.
>>>
>>> I think the idea of having the hardware support documentation managed by
>>> experts is a good idea. Non-experts can, and should, have plenty of
>>> areas to contribute but I don't see this area as one of them.
>>
>> I think so too. A further advantage over openWRT wiki is, we
>> can auto generate many out of sources. Like target lists and
>> device lists Also links and some other stuf.
> 
> 
> If you want to make some sort of autogenerated link tree to make
> it easier for people to find downloads, instead of having to work
> out or know in advance the archtecture of their targets, that
> sounds useful. Like, "where is the image for my company X, model
> BVBBB in this list:
> http://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/targets/" ?
> 
> But trying to apply this sort of autogeneration to any sort of
> meaningful description of each device, build notes, recovery
> tips, hardware sources, of the sort that was available in the
> openwrt hardware wiki sounds like a recipe for a sterile
> wasteland of autogenerated pages that all look the same and have
> no meaningful extra information in them.

Right. There also able for auto generatet informations.

My goal is to make the ToH more easyer undastandlebil and human writebil. 

Also I wish we can establish a reviewing and applying process.
But I dont know how we can resolv this inside a wiki

cheers
Tarek

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