> -----Original Message----- > From: Avenger [mailto:avengerphp@;hotmail.com] > Sent: 08 November 2002 08:48 > > This function 's description say: > > "This function is only available in CVS. " > > i dont' understand the sentence above. > > can ftp_close use in CVS? > > or CVS has otherwise mean?
This illustrates a point I've mentioned before. Speaking as someone who spent 10 years or so as a technical author/editor, I very much think the term CVS should be banned in end-user-oriented documentation (including the bug-reporting system!). If someone has never come across a version-control system before, it can be very off-putting to be confronted with this "geekie" acronym -- even I, with over 25 years' experience in the industry, found it confusing the first time I came across it, and had to go and look it up in an online glossary. Wherever possible, the term "CVS" should be replaced with a phrase like "current development version" -- this gets across the idea that it's not in an officially released version, but will (Should?) be in a future one that's currently being worked on. Perhaps it would also be useful if this phrase could be made a link to snaps.php.net...? There's some other terminology used in various places that's rather "techie" and I'd like to see replaced with a more plain-language description -- when (or perhaps that should be IF) I have some spare time, I'd like to identify these and put some proposals to the list. (And, yes, eventually I'd like to get CVS access and actively help -- I'm especially interested in the structured argument lists and CHANGELOG proposals that are currently being discussed.) Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 -- PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
