Documenting new features
The best place to document Samba features is in the code itself, i.e. by writing great man-pages and samba-tool help. Writing a good WHATSNEW.txt description is also a great way to let existing Samba users know about a new feature. However, documenting new and updated features on the Samba wiki is also useful, and can be a helpful way for a new Samba user to work out what Samba can and cannot do.
Documenting user features
- There's a template to help you get started. Just create a new page and save it with the following content:
{{subst:NewFeature}}
- Through the magic of mediawiki templating, this will create a skeleton page.
- Replace the <blah> markers in each section with your own content.
- Add [[Category:BLAH]] tags as appropriate, e.g. Category:Active Directory, Category:Printing, etc. For a list of possible categories, see Special:Categories.
- Link to the new page from appropriate places on the wiki, e.g. User Documentation.
- Here's an example of what your finished page might look like.
This structure won't work in all cases, but try to use it as a guide so that wiki pages have a consistent look to users.
You may want to go into a lot more detail about the new feature, or have several different pages explaining different aspects of the feature. In which case, you could use the above template to provide a brief overview of the feature, and then simply link to the other pages to drill-down in more detail.
Documenting other work
The above template won't make so much sense if you're working on something that's not really user-facing, e.g. Python-3, WAF, selftest. However, if you've put in a lot of work on the changes, then it's still worth documenting it for other developers. Just use a free-form wiki page, but make sure to link to your new page from relevant places, e.g. Developer Documentation.