Re: updating the documentation

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On 07/12/2017 11:29 AM, Sage Weil wrote:
> We have a fair-sized list of documentation items to update for the 
> luminous release.  The other day when I starting looking through what is 
> there now, though, I was also immediately struck by how out of date much 
> of the content is.  In addition to addressing the immediate updates for 
> luminous, I think we also need a systematic review of the current docs 
> (including the information structure) and a coordinated effort to make 
> updates and revisions.
> 
> First question is, of course: is anyone is interested in helping 
> coordinate this effort?
> 
> In the meantime, we can also avoid making the problem worse by requiring 
> that all pull requests include any relevant documentation updates.  This 
> means (1) helping educate contributors that doc updates are needed, (2) 
> helping maintainers and reviewers remember that doc updates are part of 
> the merge criteria (it will likely take a bit of time before this is 
> second nature), and (3) generally inducing developers to become aware of 
> the documentation that exists so that they know what needs to be updated 
> when they make a change.

As a reminder, there is a 'needs-doc' tag.  I don't think it's seen much
use and I'm aware of its problems.  Nothing beats discipline.


-- 
Dan Mick
Red Hat, Inc.
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