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

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Gregory Haskins (gregory.haskins at gmail.com) wrote:
> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > * Pierre-Marc Fournier (pierre-marc.fournier at polymtl.ca) wrote:
> >   
> >> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> >>     
> >>> * 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.
> >>>
> >>>       
> >> Actually, wouldn't instructions/scripts for using the image with kvm be
> >> more appropriate?
> >>     
> >
> > Or both.. aren't the images for qemu and kvm almost the same?
> >   
> 
> I am thinking this can all be done as a live-cd anyway, which would be
> compatible with everything (qemu, kvm, bare-metal, whatever).  We can
> include a .pdf (or something) that pops up when the system boots (I
> already have it so it auto-logs into the "lttng-demo" account.
> 
> BTW: I've talked to the studio devs and I now know how to fix the kernel
> issue.  So I am going to try to get a 2.6.30 based kernel (patched with
> LTT, of course) installed into the image.
> 

Great !

As soon as you have this, we'll add a link on the lttng website and
create a news entry.

Thanks,

Mathieu

> -Greg
> 
> 



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