I like the manuals very much (!), yet I have found that I must also turn to the wiki, google, browsing the source code or this mailing list to answer some of my questions. I have now reached a point on the learning curve were I really appreciate the careful design that has gone into context, and would really like to see the manuals updated. I did not contribute to this discussion to complain and would be willing to participate (modestly, with the little time available, as is the case for everyone!). Taco has gotten to the point that someone must manage the rewriting of the documentation, but other help is also needed. Once I learn how to download and compile the complete sources, I will then see where I feel that I might have enough knowledge to do (a little) something... Alan On Thursday 23 October 2008 16:37:23 Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Hi,
Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Alan BRASLAU wrote:
My question to the mailing list: is this task structured? Is this being managed by anyone?
Unfortunately, not.
Aditya's reply sums it up pretty well. I just want to add a quick note.
After at least half a dozen reiterations of this discussion (and it is indeed always exactly the same discussion), I have now reached the point where I no longer feel the slightest need to take any action any more. From where I stand, it seems that the unhappy people just want to complain about, but are not willing to help improve the existing documentation, and that the happy people just want to post pointers but fail to see a real need to improve anything.
I myself would be much more willing to spend time on (managing|writing) the manual if there were any people showing an active interest in it.
Best wishes, Taco