Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 97216 invoked from network); 7 Dec 2009 20:04:57 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 7 Dec 2009 20:04:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 31766 invoked by uid 500); 7 Dec 2009 20:04:56 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 31574 invoked by uid 500); 7 Dec 2009 20:04:56 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 31551 invoked by uid 99); 7 Dec 2009 20:04:56 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:04:56 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.9] (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:04:53 +0000 Received: (qmail 97117 invoked by uid 99); 7 Dec 2009 20:04:32 -0000 Received: from localhost.apache.org (HELO [192.168.168.110]) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username cutting, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:04:32 +0000 Message-ID: <4B1D5FCF.7010408@apache.org> Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:04:31 -0800 From: Doug Cutting User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: How documentation != code, and how to "do" policy (was: Re: Publishing api docs for Subversion) References: <30b2aef60912050245l38421fe2ia3c5f4a929cd49b0@mail.gmail.com> <4B1D5188.9020700@apache.org> <55afdc850912071135y772441d0n18b4e26201071cd5@mail.gmail.com> <4B1D5DC5.3090502@apache.org> In-Reply-To: <4B1D5DC5.3090502@apache.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Doug Cutting wrote: > > In the absence of specific policy then *objections* are out of order > I have not objected to anything. Forgive me. I did in fact use the verb "object" in a prior message: > * Do you object to publishing non-released documentation on the > project Web pages? > > I object to posting these outside of a clearly-marked developer portion of the project's web site. I didn't mean this as a veto or formal objection. I was rather using a parallel construction to better make clear my view. I meant this in the informal sense that I would argue this is not the best approach. Sorry for any misunderstanding. Doug --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org