[ic] Pee-Poor Documentation Rant

Brijam interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Thu Jul 25 18:26:01 2002


--- Mike Heins <mike@valuemedia.com> wrote:
> Having written the lions share of the documentation
> myself, I would be
> happy to get more help such as the help given by Ed
> LaFrance, Dan
> Browning, and Jon Jensen.
> 
> I do know that there are plenty of people who are
> willing to give me a
> one-liner asking for pages of work on my part. This
> is a constant in
> open source software -- there are a far greater
> number of people
> bemoaning the lack of work than people who actually
> sit down and do it.

Very true.  I'm working on a HOWTO for merchandising
because I looked and didn't find what I wanted.  

FWIW, writing it has actually improved my
understanding of the Interchange system, so there is a
direct benefit apart from the 'feel good' of giving
back.

-Brian

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