Chris Jerdonek added the comment:

> I'll say it again, the devguide should be short enough to be practical for 
> someone learning to contribute.

Better organization could help here.  I could see the devguide being a 
combination of (1) a brief document meant to be read cover to cover that 
captures the minimum one needs to know (as well as describing what else is 
available in the guide), and (2) more detailed info that someone could read on 
an as-needed basis or that a core developer could link to if assisting someone 
on a certain point (like the point covered by this issue).

Currently, the devguide is harder to soak in because there is no boundary 
between (1) and (2).  A recent example is that I didn't know about the custom 
repo option until Antoine mentioned it in a comment -- even after having looked 
at many of the sections.  On the plus side, he was able to link to it with the 
current organization.

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