Marc Slemko wrote: > > I don't think that it is proper to decide "hey, we should change this > about development" and propose it on a list with only a small subset > of developers on it.
Um, just *what* are you talking about? The doc extraction was discussed on new-httpd and apache-core; this message to apache-docs was to bring people interested in the docs project, but who *aren't* developers, into the picture. > I don't think it is a good idea to have cvs updates going to a > discussion list (after all, they don't go to new-httpd...), That's why I asked the question. > and I don't think that it is a good idea to have them going where > most developers don't see them. If the developers care about the documentation, they can subscribe to the list where the docco stuff goes. > Development and docs currently go hand in hand in a lot of areas. > That is the way it is because right now there simply aren't people > dedicated to looking at what code is written and then fixing the > docs as appropriate. While it is fine to have people doing more > stuff on the docs as they can, it shouldn't give developers the > idea that their responsibilities are lessened in any way. It > has always been a general rule of thumb that if you commit > something that makes a smallish change to how something works, > you change the related docs. So exactly what are you saying? That EVERYONE, doc worker or developer, should be on new-httpd? And that docco CVS messages should go to.. where? > The problem is that I haven't seen any proposal for or agreement of > exactly what you intend to change, just bits and pieces of it dropped > here and there. It seems that before anyone can agree to anything, > they have to know what it is... I don't think you're reading your mail. I have proposed the exact steps twice on new-httpd (where the discussion belongs as long as the documentation is part of the code). And there have been a bunch of people that have agreed to those steps, so it's hardly fair to make that last statement. > Before you change anything, can you please send out a message saying > exactly what you want to change and give people a chance to read it > and respond before you do anything? I did that, but I'll do it again. When I mentioned it earlier this week I said I wanted to get this done before the next 2.0 alpha. -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar <http://Golux.Com/coar/> Apache Software Foundation <http://www.apache.org/> "Apache Server for Dummies" <http://Apache-Server.Com/> "Apache Server Unleashed" <http://ApacheUnleashed.Com/>
