[tor-bugs] #4905 [Website]: make an obfsproxy project page on the website

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#4905: make an obfsproxy project page on the website
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 Reporter:  arma     |          Owner:  asn
     Type:  task     |         Status:  new
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Component:  Website  |        Version:     
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Comment(by atagar):

 > (from arma) I think it is ready

 Great.

 > (from asn) obfsproxy needs testing, and it will never be truly ready for
 end users till end users test it...

 Not great.

 Like I mentioned earlier, if you need beta testers then please use the
 blog and tor-talk@ - that's what I did for arm and it worked reasonably
 well.

 > In any case, I think that mentioning obfsproxy in the projects page
 could, indeed, get some more people involved with obfsproxy.

 The volunteer projects table and irc are the places for getting more
 people involved with your project. The projects page is for Tor users who
 are curious what they can use without a mandatory CS degree.

 > Unfortunately, obfsproxy doesn't have a cool-looking page like
 https://www.torproject.org/projects/arm.html.en or
 https://tails.boum.org/ .

 Glad you like them. In both cases the pages were made by the project's
 authors - you're certainly more than welcome to do the same for obfsproxy.

 > As a temporary solution, till an end-user-friendly webpage is created
 [0], maybe we can link to the doc/ directory of obfsproxy's gitweb [1].
 This way, people who are looking for something to hack on, can learn about
 obfsproxy; and when the end-user-friendly webpage is done, we will switch
 the links to that.

 I for one am definitely against that. If my parents were to click on that
 link they'd be left saying '... wtf am I supposed to do with this?'. Hell,
 even I'm not quite sure what to do with that as a user.

 Again, the projects page should not require vast technical knowledge. That
 said, linking to that from obfsproxy's voluneer page entry would be great.

 > here is a "project ideas" text that could appear below (like torsocks is
 doing)

 A project idea is a standalone project that new volunteers can hack on.
 Not just a general 'help wanted' posting. In torsocks' case their project
 is to add OSX compatibility.

 > Here are some plausible table entries for...

 Great, I'll fill in the entry tomorrow unless someone beats me to it.

 Cheers! -Damian

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