Re: Just say "No!" and do not document GRUB2 anymore!

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On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 3:58 AM Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 5:49 AM e <e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > sounds unintuitive, but he just speaks truth to power:
> >
> > https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/quick-docs/issue/352#comment-734630
> >
> > "I think the GRUB stuff is so esoteric, so conditional and overly complicated, that we shouldn't
> > explain it. Explaining it will take a lot of resources, and then it has to be maintained or it
> > goes stale again. So when in doubt, just say no and don't document it"
> >
> > Then goes on to make a strong argument!
> >
>       If you do not like it, don't use it. Campaign your replacement
> of choice and see if you can make it get adopted and grub2 retired.
> Campaigning against it being documented is pushing to have it cancel
> cultured. There is nobody putting a gun on the head of those
> documenting it; it is open source maintained by volunteers.

This sort of analogy is not helpful at all. That's not what I'm doing.
I'm just giving advice based on my own experience writing books and
articles on super complicated material, and having a fairly good grasp
of GRUB behavior in Fedora, along with many conversations with
Fedora's bootloader team. It's strictly an opinion to fellow doc
writers, to help them assess where to put their own limited resources.
If people want to do it anyway, I wish them a lot of luck because
they're gonna need it.


-- 
Chris Murphy
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