and look at the effort and the linguistics they put in to their 'press releases', why don't they put that kind of effort in to the other docs...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Brooking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 7:52 PM Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] hlg 1_41 > 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 D) none of that excuses out of date install documentation on the site.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 No, out of date documentation comes as a result of free software where the 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
