Peter, I think that is a good idea. I would rather just focus on the redesign. If we try to explain the maintanence branch we will probably spend more time explaining what cannot be done than actually achieving anything.
I will give it a go and see how things work. On 2002.02.05 23:25 Peter B. West wrote: > Keiron, > > Welcome back. Been on holidays? > > Looking at the number of people who have expressed an interest in being > of some help, I thought it might be of some use for you or Karen, or > both, to run a "school". I appreciate that many of the thorny problems > with fop require the redesign, but if there are a few issues that can be > resolved in the current framework, I think it might be useful to run a > bug-fix or design extension school. > > I was thinking that you could talk your way through a couple of these > hacks in great detail, commenting on everything that crosses your mind > as you go, and answering questions that arise. At the end of the > process, the whole dialogue (or monologue) could be dropped onto the web > site as an aid to anyone else who comes along. > > This is just a top of the head idea, but it may have merit. There is no > better way to come up to speed in a workplace situation than to have the > designers and cutters give detailed presentations with lots of question > and answer, where no question is too stupid. Such things always take > time, and are always resisted by those who are under pressure to get the > thing finished, but are always a good investment. > > I confess that I have great difficulty in thinking within the current > code framework (but that is nothing new for me). I think that most > people need some encouragement to take the plunge in murky waters. > Anyway, if nobody expresses any interest, we can forget the idea. > > Peter > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> i'm willing to help with the FOp project... but i don't know if i'm good >> enough to help ... >> anyway, just let me know on this e-mail adress: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
