Good points... I wonder if we could easily take an export/snapshot of the online .mdtext,html,wiki, etc. version during build/release time. If it seems reasonable, we could investigate creating a script or maven goal to export from the content /site/ directory as an example (assuming content is there; which is probably more important than the delivery mechanism at this point)? Just throwing out the option...
My biggest pet peeve in the past with open software is that detailed technical documentation never seems to be up-to-date with code that I end up just viewing the source anyway. But a simple/general end user guide, quick start examples, FAQ's/known gotchas, are always helpful. My 1/2 cent- but I'll leave it up to the experts/volunteers in this realm... > -----Original Message----- > From: Jörn Kottmann [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 5:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Apache Confluence wiki for documentation? > > There are always smaller issues coming up when you release something. If > there is a bigger issue the best thing in my experience is to just release > again > and get it fixed. Doesn't matter if it is something in your software or the > documentation. For me its important that i can easily access the > documentation for the software version I am running. > > When I use Open Source software which is not super stable yet and I have an > issue I usually try out the trunk version and see how things work there, so in > that case I would likely see your documentation update. > > Jörn > > On 09/14/2012 04:39 PM, Bleeker, Troy C. wrote: > > Would you still say that if you knew that an issue with the product you just > spent 2 hours trying to work-around something could have been avoided if > you were looking at the latest documentation? The difference in "ease of > access" is minor, no? > > > > Thanks > > Troy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ctakes-dev-return-388- > [email protected] > > [mailto:ctakes-dev-return-388- > [email protected] > > rg] On Behalf Of Jörn Kottmann > > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 9:27 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Apache Confluence wiki for documentation? > > > > On 09/14/2012 04:19 PM, Masanz, James J. wrote: > >> I also prefer to not distribute the documentation with the release. > > I actually prefer to have the documentation included in the distribution, > because then I can always easily access the documentation which matches > the version I am working with and do not have to go somewhere to find it. > > > > Jörn
