From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14119 invoked by alias); 27 Dec 2009 00:59:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 14079 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Dec 2009 00:59:11 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-173-76-42-77.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO cgf.cx) (173.76.42.77) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:59:05 +0000 Received: from ednor.cgf.cx (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 186143B0003; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:58:56 -0500 (EST) Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 14B0F2B352; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:58:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:59:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: gdb@sourceware.org, Joel Brobecker , Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: Wiki: Started a page on how to write testcases for GDB Message-ID: <20091227005855.GC21638@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Mail-Followup-To: gdb@sourceware.org, Joel Brobecker , Eli Zaretskii References: <20091226054448.GW24363@adacore.com> <83aax65di7.fsf@gnu.org> <20091226085656.GY24363@adacore.com> <838wcq5ch8.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <838wcq5ch8.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-12/txt/msg00160.txt.bz2 On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 11:08:35AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:56:56 +0400 >> From: Joel Brobecker >> Cc: gdb@sourceware.org >> >> > Thanks. >> > It would be nice to have this as part of gdbint.texinfo as well. >> >> I think we should put the info in either document, but not both, or >> we would be duplicating the info. I chose the Wiki because it's very >> easy to update and maintain. To be honest, I don't think I will have >> the courage to make fixes if it means having to go through the normal >> review process. > >You don't need to add this to gdbint.texinfo until it's in good shape >and sufficiently complete. Likewise, not every change on the wiki >needs to be immediately reflected in the manual, you can do that only >after a substantial amount of changes went in. OTOH, fixing a typo or >some similar trivial correction don't need to be reviewed, and if they >are, the result is known in advance. > >IOW, I'm willing to make a lot of allowances if that will convince you ;-) > >My rationale is very simple: if we start putting important parts of >documentation on the wiki, then why maintain the manuals at all? I don't suppose there's any way to grab the info from the wiki and put it in the texinfo document or vice-versa? cgf