On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 12:37, Mad Scientist wrote: > > D) none of that excuses out of date install documentation on the site. > > No, out of date documentation comes as a result of free software where the > team making the software can't find a volunteer to update the readme file. > I used to (for a very brief period) lead the ClanMod doc team so I know > what that's like. I had a team of four and after running the team for > about two months, I had done 100% of the documenting on my own before I > gave up trying to keep up with the changes and the pressure to meet the > next release deadline. It's not easy getting these programs together. It's > even less easy getting people who are willing to write. Everybody wants to > be a 1337 coder and the docs suffer. You might offer to contribute if you > think you can help. >
You only need read the files in some of the versions of CD, to see that whoever is doing them is obviously not doing much. I dont think its fair for all the 'RTFM' replies to people when for so long now UA documentation has been lacking. The way I see it is Docs are more important than a pretty website, than irc channels, than sexy forums, they are the first thing a user will read, its just understandable a lot of people dont even bother to read the UA docs anymore. If people like Dave Sills can find the time to write documentation for projects that are not even their own, a team the size of UA (A number of who dont even hold fulltime jobs) should be able to find the time to update a few docs now and then. With 21 coordinators on their management list alone, I dont think the people here who where expecting coordination were asking to0 much :) Its not an attack of them, its just a countering view to yours, some food for thought. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
