Le samedi 01 novembre 2025 à 16:19 +0000, Werner LEMBERG a écrit :
> > 
> Please wait with the transition until `makelsr.pl` gets updated!
> Fetching LSR snippets is an essential part of the documentation.  And
> I'm sorry to say that it will take some time until I can work on this
> script again.


There is no hurry at all for updating makelsr.pl. But I thought
snippets were not downloaded from LSR during the build but rather
fetched from files committed to Git and updated every 6 months or
so? (It looks like the latest import is from January.) Then there
is no problem in switching soonish and updating the script later
before doing the next import, is there? There is no urgency to
switch either but I'd rather avoid having to port any edits from
LSR to the wiki.


> Additionally, we have to discuss the policy how snippets are handled
> in the Wiki.  In particular, I strongly suggest that all snippets in
> the category "Included in the official documentation" are protected,
> that is, changes must be approved.


I'm not enthusiastic for this. That's a lot of snippets (~400,
or ~40% of the total), and IMHO, the main advantage of a wiki
and of the current LSR is that mere users who don't have the
technical understanding or time and energy to contribute to the
official repository can contribute improvements with very little
friction. Also, if I were to check edits for spam before they
get displayed with the brand of the official documentation,
I'd rather be doing "git diff" after running makelsr.pl
and scroll through all snippets at the same time, as happens
now, rather than click on each notification from a list.

One thing is certain: if changes must be approved, there
needs to be someone watching them. (LSR required approval
for new snippets and I remember this taking months for some
snippets I submitted.)

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