discuss: Revision history at end of document


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Subject: Re: Revision history at end of document
From: David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date: 12 Jan 2004 04:59:13 -0000
Message-Id: <20040112042143.GC1301@lafn.org>

On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 10:40:22AM -0700, M. Leo Cooper wrote:
> A few weeks back there was a thread on the advisability of burying the
> revision history in the back of a document, rather than leaving it at
> the very front. The consensus seemed to be that this was a pretty good
> idea. I personally agree.
> 
I would repeat my argument that the revision history should be kept
hidden in the source to save bandwidth.  Except that recent revisions
need to be at the start and not hidden.  For example one can put at
subsection near the start called: "New in Recent Versions".

			David Lawyer

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