From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NIXd7-0007qK-Qq for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:15:41 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIXd5-0007pw-Qa for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:15:39 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIXd1-0007oL-CL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:15:39 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40662 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NIXd1-0007oI-5y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:15:35 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:48600 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NIXcy-0004sn-6s for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:15:33 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NIXcv-0003oD-Pu for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:15:30 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NIXcv-00045L-9G for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:15:29 +0100 Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:15:29 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091210011529.GE15546@thorin> References: <4B19BB70.8010509@gmail.com> <20091205204327.GE32638@thorin> <4B1AD3C0.1070302@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B1AD3C0.1070302@gmail.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: Documenting the GRUB configure (during build) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:15:40 -0000 On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 03:42:24PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > I'm afraid I don't agree that the solution to documenting changes is not > to document anything. That may be a little harsh, but I firmly believe > that documentation is key to acceptance. It's OK. Well my concern is about long-term maintainability. We're very busy all the time, and redundancy in our codebase often results in birot. Can I count on your commitment that you'll be around to adjust this documentation if it gets out of sync, etc? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."