Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

[Ben de Groot <yngwin@gentoo.org>]

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On 4 December 2012 17:19, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 4 December 2012 01:18, Ben de Groot <yngwin@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > In my opinion we should limit the amount of places where we document
> > policies and best practices. I suggest we keep only devmanual and PMS as
> > authoritative documents.
> >
> > In that case we should go forward and add these kind of policies to the
> > devmanual.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ben | yngwin
> > Gentoo developer
> > Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin
>
> As I said, the only drawback is that devmanual will become huge and
> without a proper "search" functionality, it will be a real pain to
> search
> for something quickly. Especially for new developers who are not
> familiar with how devmanual is structured.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
>
>
Except the situation now is worse. Things are spread over multiple
documents, and we don't have a proper site search.

Even so, 1) Google is your friend, and 2) a single document with a good
index would be a step forward.

-- 
Cheers,

Ben | yngwin
Gentoo developer
Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin

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