On 11/28/07, Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 16:43 Wed 28 Nov , Alec Warner wrote: > > On 11/28/07, Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here's my understanding of what you said: Because people will break > > > rules and violate standards, we shouldn't have any. > > > > > > Is that accurate? > > > > > > > Kind of. > > > > Most people follow most rules. Most people break a subset of rules. > > > > You are essentially adding an unreasonable (in my view) rule that I > > expect nearly everyone to break or ignore, thereby adding little or no > > value to the project as whole. Most people care about documentation > > in the abstract sense, almost no one cares *enough* to write any ;) > > > > Forcing people to write documentation won't get it written, people > > will continue to act like we just saw and either the rule will get > > ignored, or someone will change the rule, or people will leave because > > the rule is enforced aggressively and it has ruined the ability to > > contribute to the project. > > The Linux kernel seems to still have contributors, despite its > requirement. It seems like people decide to leave after nearly any > change Gentoo makes these days, so I'm not even sure how much we should > consider that unless we want to stop all development and do nothing. > (But I guess that also would be a change, so people would quit.) > > > This is why I offered to write the GLEP for Diego and Cardoe, because > > I know they are not interested in writing it themselves. Thats why we > > have a doc-team that for some sick reason enjoy writing and > > maintaining documentation. > > You've made some great points here about working with people who enjoy > dealing with docs. What I'm saying is that we should work with these > people before committing rather than after. >
I can get behind that then ;) > Thanks, > Donnie > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
