On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 02:27, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> > Wikis have proven themselves time after time as a great way for rapid
> > prototyping of documentation. Patches to xdocs doesn't offer the
> > instant gratification of wikis, or the ability to edit/review/edit in
> > such a tight circle.
>
> They have proven themselves time after time to be a great way to
> waste the productive efforts of people who expect their musings on
> the wiki to live long enough to make it into the real documentation,
> when in fact that doesn't happen because those contributions are
> not properly identified and transformed. If folks are forced to
> submit patches, then the only contributions are serious ones that
> are well-documented as to who they came from, why they are needed,
> and demonstrative of someone who we might just want to add as a
> regular committer.
Unfortunately you are right. I say unfortunately, because of the higher
barrier for docu caused by forcing people to submit patches.
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Rolf Kulemann
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