On 10 Jan 1999 02:58:35 -0600, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joey> Manoj Srivastava wrote: >>> Has there been an consensus on registring package documentation? >>> If so, should we not move to make it a formal policy rather than >>> haphazard implementation through partial mass bug reports? Joey> I'm not sure we have a consensus yet. I just gave up on waiting Joey> on a consensus and started using doc-base sice it supports all Joey> the other systems. > I think there should be a more formal method of informing > developers than mass bug reports, then. I think (and I know joey > would disagree), that the project needs to take an unified stance on > registering documentation, and spell it out to developers. In my > view, the policy mechanism is suited for this. This is premature. I have plans to radically revamp the package; trying to give it the force of policy would really suck. What if I have to introduce non-compatible extensions. I mean, sure, maybe it should all be part of policy, but we're 6 months away form that. > Even if you disagree > with that, you would agree that partial, haphazard series of bugs > reports (some would call it bug terrorism) is sub optimal? I didn't bless the bug action, nor do I approve it. In fact, I've documented against ever doing this thing (in devel-ref). -- -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
