On Aug 20, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Lewis Cawte <[email protected]> wrote: >> I realize also that from a developers point of view, maintaining a WIKI is a >> PAIN !!!! >> it is much easier to stay inside one's text editor (or whatever tool is >> being used to write and modify >> the code with) and to update things like the "CONTENTS" and "README" files. >> But that is a choice >> you have made... transferring your documentation from "standard" internet >> style to Wiki style. >> However, that choice implies much more work is necessary to keep the two in >> sync. > Maintaining any documentation is a pain, I actually find it easier to > maintain a wiki however (I take no credit for the Pywikipedia > documentation, it is something I tried to start some interest in > cleaning up before, but nothing became of that), and it's rather fitting > since this is a tool to be used with wikis.
This is one point we absolutely agree on ... the only thing which has lower priority than documentation is "accounting" (both financial and tracking) -- They are both "after thoughts." T.T.F.N. William H. Magill # iMac11,3 Core i7 [2.93GHz - 8 GB 1067MHz] OS X 10.8.4 # MacBook Pro4.1 Core 2 Duo [2.5GHz - 4GB 667] OS X 10.6.8 # Macmini6,1 Intel Core i5 [2.5 Ghz - 4GB 1600MHz] OS X 10.8.3 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ Pywikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikipedia-l
