Folks, I'm putting an edge to this, but not meaning anything personal. Accept my appologies if you felt offended. -bd > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ". ." <msucka0xff at programmer.net> > To: tanner at real-time.com, "Netrek Development Mailing List" <netrek-dev at us.netrek.org> > Subject: Re: [netrek-dev] Netrek config utility source code > Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 14:11:21 -0800 > > > Hey Bob, > > I didn't insult Joe's Mom, but I don't agree that code is > documentation or vice versa. However, when I see either of you on > continuum, I plan to insult your mother. > > -bd > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob Tanner" <tanner at real-time.com> > > To: "Netrek Development Mailing List" <netrek-dev at us.netrek.org> > > Subject: Re: [netrek-dev] Netrek config utility source code > > Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 16:06:35 -0500 > > > > > > On Monday 01 May 2006 15:54, . . wrote: > > > Can you please explain what its purpose is, what this does in some more > > > detail, why anyone would want to use it, and how it works? Documentation > > > tends to be notoriously bad in Netrek -- almost like a sore thumb or a poke > > > in the eye with a sharp stick. > > > > I don't mean this to be flame-bait, but it will sound that way.... > > > > The documentation is the code. With that said, I agree the documentation is > > poor for Netrek, but if I had to pick, I'd rather have people writing code, > > then writing documentation. > > > > A smaller FOSS projects like netrek do not (usually) get the luxury of having > > both. > > > > My recommendation, see if you can get the author in irc and talk with him and > > write the documentation yourself. Why? Most devs, like myself, would write > > techno-babble documention which the end user wouldn't find all the useful > > anyways. :-) > > > > -- > > Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > > http://www.real-time.com, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > Key fingerprint = AB15 0BDF BCDE 4369 5B42 1973 7CF1 A709 2CC1 B288 > > << 1.2.dat >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > netrek-dev mailing list > > netrek-dev at us.netrek.org > > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/listinfo/netrek-dev > > > > > > -- > ___________________________________________________ > Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > netrek-dev mailing list > netrek-dev at us.netrek.org > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/listinfo/netrek-dev > -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/