I've called my own bluff and created http://leo.zwiki.org/Features
Time will tell if I maintain it or not. Thanks, Kent On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:16 AM, TL <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Speaking of Leo's feature explosion, is there a 'changes' list which >> chronologically itemizes new and changed _features_ ? > > Yes. See the 'Projects' section of leoPy.leo. This becomes the basis for > the 'What's New in Leo' documents in LeoDocs.leo and on the web site. >> >> Case in point, 2 weeks from now I will forget that the name >> of this cool feature is 'nodeActions', I will search my mail >> guessing at keywords etc, find this email maybe quickly, >> maybe slowly, maybe give up. > > The proper place for any info re plugins is in leoPlugins.leo >> >> It seems this list should be somehow created via filtering >> commit messages, don't know if that's possible. It probably >> won't work if it requires an additional task. > > I understand that this is a frequently requested feature, but it's a dubious > project at best. > > It reminds me of another P.J. Plauger saying: "The only thing worse than no > Standard (for C) would be two standards". > > Imo, any kind of "system" for tracking bugs, features, whatever, has the > same defect. There *already is* a way of tracking what has been done, > namely the entries I (or others) make in various .leo files. This way is > natural, and better than any other way, because for this kind of thing the > Leo way is best. > > I tolerate the bug tracker on launchpad because it allows others to provide > bug reports without doing bzr commits. But I have absolutely no interest in > duplicating the work that I already do in documenting what has been done > recently. > > Each new official release contains a "What's New" section. I suspect few > pay it much attention, but I do it because it would be strange not to do > it. It doesn't take much work: the project entries remind me of everything > that needs to be said. > > Edward > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
