Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-08-03 Thread tarjei
A lot has been said in this discussion but I'll add one thing. On 07/31/2009 06:32 PM, Reza Lotun wrote: Even if I re-suggested the wiki based documentation, I think it's important to be extra careful on how it's used. One thing I personally hate is projects whose documentation is basically

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-08-03 Thread Michael Hudson
2009/8/3 tarjei tar...@nu.no: A lot has been said in this discussion but I'll add one thing. On 07/31/2009 06:32 PM, Reza Lotun wrote: Even if I re-suggested the wiki based documentation, I think it's important to be extra careful on how it's used. One thing I personally hate is projects

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-08-03 Thread listsin
On Aug 2, 2009, at 12:41 AM, Glyph Lefkowitz wrote: On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Steve Steiner (listsin) list...@integrateddevcorp.com wrote: Where would we put an inventory project for it to be most useful? As JP mentioned earlier in this thread, some work has already taken place

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-08-01 Thread Steve Steiner (listsin)
I get it, really. I do tend to use a lot of words to get things across. Sorry ;-). Duly noted ;-). Where would we put an inventory project for it to be most useful? As JP mentioned earlier in this thread, some work has already taken place here: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-08-01 Thread Glyph Lefkowitz
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Steve Steiner (listsin) list...@integrateddevcorp.com wrote: Where would we put an inventory project for it to be most useful? As JP mentioned earlier in this thread, some work has already taken place here:

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Santiago Aguiar
Hi Jessica! I'm quite a newbie at twisted yet, and a newcomer to the project, so I do think that twisted documentation is one of it's more problematic areas!. My suggestion would be that more than *adding* documentation, I would suggest to first search-and-destroy deprecated documentation. For

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Phil Christensen
On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Santiago Aguiar wrote: It could also be a good idea to try to make it more wiki-like at the beginning; I think there's quite a lot of people that would like to contribute with this, but having different documents/styles for different areas of the doc is not good,

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Kevin Horn
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Phil Christensen p...@bubblehouse.orgwrote: On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Santiago Aguiar wrote: It could also be a good idea to try to make it more wiki-like at the beginning; I think there's quite a lot of people that would like to contribute with this,

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Dave Britton
- Original Message - From: Kevin Horn Sometimes I think what is needed is someone who knows basically nothing about Twisted to go about learning it...and then writing down how they did it. I'm trying to do this, by keeping notes as I learn twisted to build a custom email system. It's

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Reza Lotun
Even if I re-suggested the wiki based documentation, I think it's important to be extra careful on how it's used. One thing I personally hate is projects whose documentation is basically wiki-based, and what you end having is a disconnected set of tips, many out of date, of how to do this and

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Phil Christensen
On Jul 31, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Reza Lotun wrote: Even if I re-suggested the wiki based documentation, I think it's important to be extra careful on how it's used. One thing I personally hate is projects whose documentation is basically wiki-based, and what you end having is a disconnected

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Kevin Horn
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Santiago Aguiar santiago.agu...@gmail.com wrote: Reza Lotun wrote: Rather than change the documentation system entirely, who don't we just create a new resource for Twisted documentation - a Twisted Documentation Wiki. At the very least it can be a

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Jean-Paul Calderone
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:55:08 -0500, Kevin Horn kevin.h...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] I'd love to see a documentation reboot using Sphinx, but not if it's going to be a half-baked, never-finished project. [snip] I'd also be interested in hearing the opinions of some of the core Twisted guys on

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Kevin Horn
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Phil Christensen p...@bubblehouse.orgwrote: My only question about Sphinx, isn't it just for API docs? Also, can it interpret Zope interfaces like pydoctor can? Sphinx is great for writing all sorts of docs. At its core, it's basically a system for gluing

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Phil Christensen
On Jul 31, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Jean-Paul Calderone wrote: As a staging area for development of future core docs, I think I would recommend using a version control system (perhaps a distributed one), not a wiki. What I was suggesting originally was that a wiki would be a staging ground for

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Kevin Horn
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Jean-Paul Calderone exar...@divmod.comwrote: On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:55:08 -0500, Kevin Horn kevin.h...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] I'd love to see a documentation reboot using Sphinx, but not if it's going to be a half-baked, never-finished project.

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Kevin Horn
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Kevin Horn kevin.h...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Phil Christensen p...@bubblehouse.orgwrote: My only question about Sphinx, isn't it just for API docs? Also, can it interpret Zope interfaces like pydoctor can? AFAIK Sphinx does

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Phil Christensen
On Jul 31, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Kevin Horn wrote: Also, what do the Twisted core devs think about having a secondary wiki/cookbook thingy outside of the core docs? As a staging area for development of future core docs, I think I would recommend using a version control system (perhaps a

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Kevin Horn
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Phil Christensen p...@bubblehouse.orgwrote: On Jul 31, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Kevin Horn wrote: Also, what do the Twisted core devs think about having a secondary wiki/cookbook thingy outside of the core docs? As a staging area for development of future core

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Ying Li
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Santiago Aguiarsantiago.agu...@gmail.com wrote: My suggestion would be that more than *adding* documentation, I would suggest to first search-and-destroy deprecated documentation. For me, one of the most frustrating parts of using twisted was reading through

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Phil Christensen
On Jul 31, 2009, at 2:15 PM, Kevin Horn wrote: Well, pragmatism is my basic reason for not liking wikis for docs. :) For me, it boils down to every time I've worked on or with a project that used wikis for docs (assuming that the project is of at least moderate size and has more than a

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Steve Steiner (listsin)
On Jul 31, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Ying Li wrote: On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Santiago Aguiarsantiago.agu...@gmail.com wrote: My suggestion would be that more than *adding* documentation, I would suggest to first search-and-destroy deprecated documentation. For me, one of the most

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Itamar Shtull-Trauring
On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 15:37 -0400, Ying Li wrote: version (currently 8.2.0) but this is meaningless to me. I think a big improvement would be putting in a small bit of context around the documentation , such as: * when the howto/tutorial was last updated * what version (of

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Steve Steiner (listsin)
On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:25 PM, Itamar Shtull-Trauring wrote: On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 15:37 -0400, Ying Li wrote: version (currently 8.2.0) but this is meaningless to me. I think a big improvement would be putting in a small bit of context around the documentation , such as: * when the

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Steve Steiner (listsin)
On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Glyph Lefkowitz wrote: ... I certainly wouldn't mind switching to a tool that has lots of fancy features that lore lacks, but a hit-and-run approach where we just switch tools in the hopes that it will make something better may leave us in a worse situation

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Ying Li
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Itamar Shtull-Trauringita...@itamarst.org wrote: Could you file some bugs to that effect, so we don't forget these suggestions? Thanks! Done: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/3945 The formatting on the description is off though (I tried to make bullet

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Glyph Lefkowitz
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Steve Steiner (listsin) list...@integrateddevcorp.com wrote: Since everything is not in the build system anyway, perhaps starting a branch, in a new build system (Sphinx), where we pull things in, one chunk at a time, will not be a hit and run approach, but

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread listsin
I hope you can see why I want to hold on to our current toolchain until we have someone around who has demonstrated a much deeper commitment to documentation than anyone yet has. For example, Steve, if you close 100 existing documentation tickets in the next week, then make the exact

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-31 Thread Glyph Lefkowitz
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Steve Steiner list...@integrateddevcorp.com wrote: I hope you can see why I want to hold on to our current toolchain until we have someone around who has demonstrated a much deeper commitment to documentation than anyone yet has. For example, Steve, if

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-30 Thread Drew Smathers
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Steve Steiner (listsin)list...@integrateddevcorp.com wrote: On Jul 30, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Kevin Horn wrote: Steve. Same thing happened to me.  In my case it was corrected by a page refresh. Yah, it's just a little scary when Twisted's own site does things

Re: [Twisted-Python] Questions about adding documentation

2009-07-30 Thread Kevin Horn
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Jean-Paul Calderone exar...@divmod.comwrote: On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:49:54 -0400, Jessica McKellar jessica.mckel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I would like to help Twisted by adding documentation or reviewing existing documentation. However, I don't see