On 4 October 2017 at 17:25, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 4 October 2017 at 17:14, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>> Maybe some of the first steps is to (1) recognize the information
>> management problem, and (2) provide information dissemination that's
>> {amicable|consistent|?} with what's occurring in 2017. I mean,
>
> What does that mean in concrete terms?
>
>> README's were fine in the 1980's but with the advent of the web, users
>> do different things nowadays.
>
> Which README are you criticising?
>
> Got any concrete suggestions we can act on, or just "make it betterer"?
>
>> For completeness, GCC has a wiki. But I still don't have an account to
>> make an occasional update; and I still don't know how to get an
>> account. I tried to get one in the past but the process was broken so
>> I gave up.
>
> 1) create an account
> 2) get your username added to the right page to grant editing privs
> (by someone who already has them)
>
> How is this broken?And "I couldn't be bothered to update the wiki, but someone should" is hardly a good start, is it?
