[ltt-dev] Feedback on the lttng.org website

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Gregory Haskins (gregory.haskins at gmail.com) wrote:
> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > * Gregory Haskins (gregory.haskins at gmail.com) wrote:
> >   
> >> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>>
> >>> I just noticed the following website:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.thhp.org.uk/
> >>>
> >>> where LTTng is cited as a "LTTng, for example, is certainly a finer
> >>> engineering effort than its documentation would have you believe".
> >>>
> >>> So, not being such a skilled documentation writer nor web designer, I'd
> >>> like to ask:
> >>>
> >>> Do you guys have recommendations to improve the LTTng website ? (layout,
> >>> design, ...)
> >>>
> >>> Are there some missing pieces of documentation that would be relevant to
> >>> put on the website ? Anyone willing to help on this ?
> >>>
> >>> Hoping this might help newcomers to have a better experience with the
> >>> LTTng website,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks !
> >>>
> >>> Mathieu
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> FWIW: Providing a link to the pre-built version of the tools may help a
> >> newcomer ease into using the system.  Here is a repost of the link to
> >> the wiki I have put together:
> >>
> >> http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/LTTng-Package-Repositories
> >>
> >> I plan on adding a section on how to install for opensuse (since that is
> >> what I have readily available).  I will try to fire up a fedora VM and
> >> try an install there as well to see if I can generate some documentation.
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > Hrm, it makes me think:
> >
> > providing a qemu image with LTTng pre-installed could be very useful for
> > newcomers. This should come along with step-by-step documentation. Do
> > you think this idea makes sense ?
> >   
> 
> Yes, I think it does.  FWIW: you can build these kinds of "appliance"
> things in SuSE studio (http://susestudio.com/)
> 
> I can try to put one together, if you like.
> 

Yes, that would be great !

In addition to documentation, a "qemu-lttng-install" script that

wget the image
checks if qemu is installed
runs it with the proper parameters

would probably make end user life easier.

Thanks,

Mathieu

> -Greg
> 
> 



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