Barry Warsaw wrote:
This is a very interesting idea. When you say "error messages" do you mean e.g. Python tracebacks and such? In that case, we may not have to worry about translators, for example we don't translate log messages.
I had tracebacks in mind. If those are the easiest things to do, let's start there. :)
It would mean going through various exceptions that Mailman raises and adding information to tie it to a FAQ entry (or as you point out, more easily just the top wiki link).
Again, in the spirit of making this as easy as possible, let's just try to get the top wiki / doc link in there. For one, it's less likely to change.
Tougher would be to attach FAQ links to exceptions that Python throws that percolate up to the top interpreter loop. Still, it's a really interesting idea to pursue, and it would make for a neat general Python facility.
I'm curious to take a look myself, but I know I likely won't get to this 'till the end of the month, so if anyone else is curious, don't feel you'll be stepping on my toes!
Gero Eggers wrote:
I'd like to throw in the idea of not using a wiki URL, but a more generic one that is http-redirected to the current, software-specific URL.
example: output URL: http://www.list.org/faq/4.36
redirect to: -> http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030705
I think the best URL for now would be having http://list.org/doc be something equivalent to what I have on http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/Home
I do like the idea of making the FAQ have short links like that, though. The ones generated by the wiki aren't as easy to guess at. I imagine it wouldn't be hard to write a script...
Maybe I should take another stab at modernizing and reorganizing the web site? ;) [1]
Terri