[Twisted-web] fork to Nevow documentation

Jean-Paul Calderone exarkun at divmod.com
Thu Jul 20 13:32:59 CDT 2006


On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:25:00 -0200, Manlio Perillo <manlio_perillo at libero.it> wrote:
>Jean-Paul Calderone ha scritto:
>
>> You don't need to fork Nevow's documentation to do this.  Forking just
>> makes it extremely unlikely that any improvements you make will ever be
>> re-incorporated into Nevow.  This is detrimental to the community in
>> numerous ways.  It can discourage improvements to Nevow's documentation,
>> it can confuse people trying to learn Nevow, and it makes it less likely
>> that people who do know Nevow well will offer criticism of what you write
>> or point out flaws in your understanding.
>>
>> I hope that you will consider offering patches and other contributions
>> directly to Nevow's documentation instead of maintaining a complete fork
>> of it.
>>
>
>Please consider that this is a "private" fork.
>I can write a complete new tutorial but I prefer to expand the current
>documentation.
>
>Once the work is done, I will submit the patches for the ufficial
>documentation.
>
>I hope I can document all aspects of Nevow needed for a complete app,
>and I need a central repository for possible feedbacks.

You are welcome to commit access to the Nevow repository.

Jean-Paul



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