2009/10/9 Jonathan Pryor <[email protected]>: > On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 00:00 -0700, j23tom wrote: >> I'would love to see mono had more up-to date documentation, > > If you're running linux, you can run the 'monodoc' program and edit and > submit documentation from within it. > > (Granted, it's a terrible editing experience, but it does work.) > >> so the question is why there is no wiki for mono >> project ? > > There is a wiki (mono-project.com is all wiki), but (1) class library > documentation is not stored there, and (2) editing is restricted because > we're afraid of people ruining our pages. (Yes, their changes could be > easily undone, but we'd still need to be on the lookout, and if a page > were changed we'd likely need to be told it was changed in an > undesirable fashion.) Why don't keep this restricted area and an "free" one for the community whose can speak about Mono ?
> >> Are you afraid of copy/paste from MSDN ? > > Yes. We've noticed numerous attempts at copying directly from MSDN via > the monodoc submission mechanism. The fact that we need to manually do > this documentation checking also slows down the process. > > In summary, copy/pasting from MSDN isn't just a theoretical concern, > it's an actual one, and given the size of the framework it's usually > easier to just hit MSDN directly (for BCL types). Mono-specific types > should be documented in svn (using mdoc(5) XML), so updating those docs > is easily done for anyone with commit access, and those are periodically > synced with the website. > > - Jon > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > -- Cordially. Small Eric Quotations of the days: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
