Re: gEDA-dev: What should be included in the dist file?

[Dan McMahill <dan-at-NOSPAMmcmahill_dot_net>]

David Hart wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 18:10 -0400, al davis wrote:
> 
>>I got only one response on the gnucap-devel list, and it really 
>>is a general question, so trying it here...
>>
>>
>>Considering a recent comment about pdf files, I ask...
>>
>>What should be included in the dist file?
>>
>>Obviously all source, including the manual.
>>
>>What about some things that are not source?
> 
> 
> OK. I'm probably going to ruffle a few feathers, and start a flame-war,
> but here is a much different option. Don't include the documentation
> with the distribution.
> 
> The reason. The gEDA wiki holds the repository for the latest
> documentation. If a user wants the latest documentation, the user should
> be encouraged to get that documentation from the gEDA wiki. If a
> developer (or heavens forbid a user) wants to update the documentation,
> they can simply modify the content in the wiki.
> 

The wiki is the latest documentation?

I guess I haven't read the gnucap section of the wiki (is there one?) 
but I'd view the wiki as a supplement (granted, a valuable one) to the 
manual.  The same is somewhat true for the pcb manual.  Granted the pcb 
manual still needs a lot of work, but for example all of the actions and 
the file formats in the manual are now up to date.  Also thanks to a lot 
of work from DJ, the manual is now much easier to maintain.

-Dan


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