On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:04 AM, Dan Bolser <dan.bol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm afraid I still haven't read the thread discussing LTS and the
> clusterf.... resulting from a typical SMW/SF install requiring about
> 20 independently maintained but interrelated extensions (it's always
> going to be hard!).
>
> On this topic two ideas came to mind:
>
> 1) Would adopting this kind of branching model (if it isn't already)
> help to improve maintaining stable branches:
> http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
>
> 2) What can we learn from Drupal development, where multiple modules
> are integrated via extensive use of APIs?
>
> Speaking as a dumb user, can we start a 'developer documentation' page
> on smw.org?
I like the idea. Still the knowledge about what's happening inside SMW is
distributed between 2-4 core developers. They don't have time to describe
it and I guess love programming much more than writing documentation. I
love writing documentation and tutorials much more than programming but I
can't figure out what's happening in the code by reading the code. I'd love
to find the solution of virtuous circle.
> I know it's a pain in the neck, but explaining design
> decisions to newbs has many long term advantages, not least, forcing
> the logic to be explicit helps it to be reviewed 'internally' (by the
> developers concerned) and useful ideas may be generated 'externally'
> (by the wider community). Making developer documentation should help
> attract new developers as well as help users to understand
> dependencies.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dan.
>
>
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