Documentation [was: Morphic tutorial]
Richard A. O'Keefe
ok at cs.otago.ac.nz
Sun Feb 16 23:10:19 UTC 2003
> I think maybe this very feeling "oh, we have to wait until we have
> better tools and processes because documentation is a multideveloper
> issue" is part of the problem. The best documentation comes when one
Well, I am not arguing for us to wait - quite the opposite. But I do
argue for also bringing about better tools because it will make a huge
difference in the long run. I mean, that argument could as easily have
been made against doing SM too you know. And I hope you agree that SM
has turned out to something really good, right?
SqueakMap is *GREAT*. Whenever I'm feeling about ready to give up on
Squeak, something like this comes along to prove that it really _is_ a
wonderful environment where great things are happening.
> But for each topic, it has to be someone who understands that topic
> pretty well, NOT someone who is screaming for documentation because
> they feel dumb and helpless without it. Suggesting that the ignorant
> should be the instructors is not, perhaps, the cleverest suggestion
> to post in an open source project's mailing list.
This last paragraph feels like the "punchback" I was waiting for. ;-)
But if it is and you are implying that I have said that - then I would
like a quote, because I can't remember ever saying that.
In my view, suggesting that >I< (ignorant as I remain about practically
everything in Squeak that wasn't in LaLonde) should produce documentation
counts as "suggesting that the ignorant should be the instructors".
More information about the Squeak-dev
mailing list
|