Hello, 2007/6/4, Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Aitor, > > > I am afraid I disagree, Eric. We are just having badly or poorly > > commented code BECAUSE we are creating Open Source. I believe it is > > not as much the case for SMALL firms, but as for software written for > > big firms, they usually not only count, but also force you to write > > complete documentation (not only code comments), functional and > > technical, some others also test cases, and many many manuals for it. > > That would possibly be overdoing things again... I hope that my > open source code - and quite a bit of the FreeDOS stuff - has > reasonably well commented sources. On the other hand, I have
I don't quite agree, but anyway I don't care about the "local" comments, but just some document explaining the basic "architecture" of a piece of software (usually 1-2 lines saying where to start). I'm not free of guilt, though. I just try to describe what I see in real life. > seen the case that a meeting about coding style has been post- > poned (in a company) "because people will not change anyway". > So far for companies "giving the good example" ;-). Not serious ones. Strategic decission to change services provider can come, and then what. > But of course it is always good to remember that we have to > remind ourselves to write good code in open source. Because > we are not paid for FreeDOS, there is no "quality control > dept" either. On the other hand, there could be one - working > with volunteers, just like our "software devel dept" :-). That would be an idea, provided that there would be enough volunteers to afford that. Hopefully there's one for Linux kernel, e.g. Aitor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
