Comment 104 for bug 240067

Hi,

I opened a bug a while ago to be able to push HTML files via bzr to a
conventional branch name and be able to see these files served
statically by launchpad on a conventional URL on my launchpad project.

My bug was marked as a duplicate of this wiki bug, even though the
under-the-hood, the edition workflow, ressource usage and audience for
such a feature is very different than a Wiki application. One of the
main difference of my feature request is that I do not really want or
need to edit files via the browser, I am fine with my local text
editor.

The feature I describe is closely inspired from the <login>.github.com branch.

Now Github has came up with a feature which makes it super easy for
people to edit a file via the browser, github takes care of creating a
fork of the project and sends a pull request of your changes to the
owner of the file you edited.

https://github.com/blog/844-forking-with-the-edit-button

With Github, you can do both:
1. powerful local edit with vi/emacs,
2. simple through the browser edit

Keep up the good work on Launchpad,

Cheers

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Robert Collins
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> @Geoff - I will on the technical aspects of it ( I'm subscribed to the
> wiki anyhow). jml is going to be unavailable this week so it will need
> to wait for him to return.
>
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> of a duplicate bug (476472).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240067
>
> Title:
>  Launchpad projects need wikis
>
> Status in Launchpad itself:
>  In Progress
>
> Bug description:
>  Launchpad needs a Wiki unrelated to Ubuntu. When we opened our open
>  source project (ubuntu related, in a way) i was uncertain about being
>  allowed to use Ubuntu wiki to fill one (1) page about the project.
>
>  I really think you should provide a wiki to every project in launchpad
>  (maybe with the chance to choose to have an external one).
>
>  The rationale is:
>   - having an own wiki requires hosting. Why use launchpad for bugtracking and buying hosting space just for the wiki ?
>   - Ubuntu wiki is inherently unrelated for many of the projects.
>   - Launchpad's blueprints require an external site. This shouldn't be necessary
>
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