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Robert Partridge <Robert -dot- Partridge -at- citect -dot- com> wrote:
> Every time we release a product we have a mad scramble to collect
> information together for readmes and release notes. ...
>
> I was wondering if anyone uses or knows of a collaborative system where
> people can log in and make changes to a networked readme file online
> using a basic editor (our files are distributed in basic .html format.
> Nothing heavier than <p>, <h1-6>, <li>, and links etc.), such that the
> networked copy can be grabbed at any time for the build and I don't have
> to spend days sorting out the mess?
>
> Anyone should be able to log in to the thing and make changes.
> Changes should be tracked so we can look at earlier versions and see who
> made the changes.
> The file should have a static name and location so it can be retrieved
> easily by our automated build process.
> The editor should be easy to use and not load the file with excess
> pseudo-HTML garbage.
Wouldn't a Wiki page give you all of that? It is simple HTML with some
Wiki markup. Any Wiki software gives you a simple editing interface,
with records of the edit history and ability to retrieve old version.
> Preferably there should be no clean-up stage to get the file into the
> correct format/style.
Wiki to pure HTML is prety straightforward.
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