discuss: Re: Review Projects (was: Is PHP-HOWTO some kind of joke ? (fwd))
Subject:
Re: Review Projects (was: Is PHP-HOWTO some kind of joke ? (fwd))
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
11 Nov 2003 07:50:55 -0000
Message-Id: <20031111073845.GD1136@lafn.org>
> On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 19:45, rahul wrote:
> > > The PHP-HOWTO is by Al Dev and he's written a number of other HOWTOs
> > > which are likely just about as bad as PHP and probably should be
> > > removed. But I've haven't read most of them so if anyone has time,
> > > could they briefly review his other "works" (or "pranks").
> >
> > right. I was just looking at the kernel howto and it seems to rather
> > convoluted. can the reviewers take a look at all these stuff and take
> > appropriate steps.
>
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 02:47:10PM -0800, Tabatha Marshall wrote:
> This is something that should probably be a side-project, best handled
> by one or two people, working with the author.
No. From Al Devs posts to the Internet, and his HOWTOs, he seems to be
somewhat of a ... ..., etc. Although he may have intended to help, he
has done a good job of damaging our reputation. I don't think we should
"work" with him.
> Unfortunately, the small group of us reviewing right now are busy
> keeping on top of the new docs coming in. I think consensus on the
> staff list was to make a project out of reviewing these particular
> HOWTOs. It has yet to be determined whether the existing content can
> be reworked, or if complete rewrites are needed on the balance of
> those HOWTOs.
There are other topics that need covering that no HOWTO covers. Most of
Al Dev's HOWTOs are not needed as badly as coverage of topics not now
covered (or not adequately covered). For the case of his CPU design
HOWTO, it's not even a Linux topic, although it could be if the CPU was
designed especially for Linux. But that's not the focus of his HOWTO.
Regarding his Vim HOWTO, there are likely better docs on vim (which come
with Vim). So I think that most of his work just needs to be removed,
period.
> We have no database. There's still a lot of work to be done.
Can someone phone David Merrill and ask what's going on? Should I try
this?
David Lawyer
