On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 12:04 +0100, M. Fioretti wrote: > On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 17:14:57 PM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > When I hear folks lamenting the lack of documentation I often wonder > > what percentage of them dedicate their time to a documentation > > project. > > Would it make any difference if they did? Is it fair to ask them > "write it yourself or shut up"? > > In order to dedicate your time to documentation one would need to: > > 1) be ABLE to write good documentation. You yourself acknowledged > good "documenters" are scarce. You're either good at it or you > aren't, it's just like programming or any other complex creative > activity. This is the biggest obstacle, or at least the first thing > that makes the "write it yourself or shut up" useless (at least). > > 2) have enough free time, after you've paid mortgage, food and bills, > to start and finish writing a manual. Unless you're _paid_ just to > write that documentation, of course. Even if you're good, it takes > a lot of time and effort to do a good job. > > Marco > > -- > Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how > software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84 > I haven't written anything for LINUX, but I can tell you that the biggest issue is getting "something" on paper (in bits?). Once the first effort is in, LOTS of people can "fix it", and several will and even copy it and redo some or most of it with their name on it. That's OK, if your intention is to get information into the Linux sphere. So, my advice is "just do it". someone will fix it. Regards, Les H -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
