Re: [PATCH 1/7] lguest: documentation pt I: Preparation

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:01:48 +1000
Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > But I worry that you're proposing adding what appears to be new
> > Documentation-related machinery and infrastructure when there's already
> > increased activity in that area from other people and we might all be
> > headed in different directions and stuff.
> 
> It does add an lguest-specific script: I aimed for the minimal
> documentation script required to weave the code and documentation
> (basically extracts and orders by comment prefix, because code order
> isn't the same as optimal documentation order).
> 
> This is great for lguest, where the entire codebase is small and
> self-contained enough to be woven into a narrative, and the maintainer
> is prepared to put in the cycles to keep it uptodate.
> 
> But writing this documentation took *weeks*, to document 5000 lines of
> code.  Perhaps this effort, if merged, will inspire others, but I've
> seen little indication so far: we have enough trouble getting them
> documenting a single public function.

Yeah, I suspect there will be insufficient interest and energy for anyone
else to take this anywhere.

Could you please redo the changes after "link lguest example launcher
non-static", which made a fairly big mess?


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