On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Heinrich Apfelmus < [email protected]> wrote:
> Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote: > > Don Stewart wrote: > >> For example, if all the haddocks on hackage.org were a wiki, and > >> interlinked, every single package author would benefit, as would all > >> users. > > > > You mean, everyone should be able to mess about with my documentation? > This > > would be similar to give everyone commit rights to my repositories or > allow > > everyone to edit the code of my published libraries. What is the good > thing > > about that? > > Well, it's excellent if you haven't written said documentation yet. ;) > > But yes, the package author should have the last word about what goes in > and what does not. The goal is simply to drastically lower the bar of > participation. Something like AnnoCPAN would be a good middle-ground here; i.e. differentiate between "official" package documentation and user annotations, but make them both visible. Luke
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