From: "Stefano Mazzocchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > > On Wednesday 15 May 2002 07:45, David Crossley wrote: > > >. . . > > > So, let us develop a procedure whereby the opensource > > > model is still employed, yet there is initial quality control. > > >. . . > > > > Following the opensource model, I think docs should be released as early as > > possible, with only minimal initial quality control but clearly flagged as > > "draft" or something. AND it must be very easy for all readers to give their > > feedback on the docs so that they can be improved. > > Release as early and as often as possible. > > Diana, no, people don't go learning PHP because of mistakes in the docs. > And if they do, great, they had no way to help us anyway so it's not a > problem if they don't stick around. > > I'm not being an asshole, just realistic: I'll tell you a story that > I've told the students at the University in Milano last week (Nicola and > Ugo were present). > > Perfect stuff doesn't create open source communities: if you take > something, it works perfectly and doesn't give you any problem, the > community struggles: there is no refreshing, no new energy coming in. > > If there were perfect cocoon docs, you wouldn't even be here. The *same* > can be said for *every* committer on this list. ...
> > I won't go as far as suggesting to make mistakes on purpose (I don't do > that anymore with code myself), but don't bother perceive quality: just > plant the seed in the right location and water rightly, the plant will > grow by itself and both you and the plant will be happy. Can't say that I'm not totally agree with all the above, but one thing I can say for sure: if Cocoon had perfect docs and were free of minor or major bugs then I would never ever subscribe to Cocoon Dev list. -- Konstantin > > -- > Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be > able to give birth to a dancing star. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
