Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:36:32 -0500 From: Jim Mock <mij@osdn.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: documentation issues generally Message-ID: <20010319153631.D3566@guinness.osdn.com> In-Reply-To: <15030.27516.375707.37930@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 02:26:36PM -0600 References: <15026.58943.554108.688513@guru.mired.org> <3AB650A1.F85EB64D@acuson.com> <15030.27516.375707.37930@guru.mired.org>
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 at 14:26:36 -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> types: > > Mike Meyer wrote: > > > This is a base canard. Just because someone is most familiar with > > > a bag of bits does *not* mean they are the ones who should be > > > explaining it to others, or the ones who are best able to do so. > > > Otherwise, you'd argue that Einstein should have taught froshling > > > physics. > > > > Let me rephrase slightly. The developer should be the one > > *responsible* for the documentation. He might not be the one > > actually writing it, but if he isn't he should be tapping someone to > > do the work. > > Not a bad idea - except it clashes with *every* project I've ever > worked on that actually had a documentation team, even if the team was > only one person. > > The project manager is responsible for the documentation. The > documentation group is responsible for writing it, and usually > responsible for gathering the information, as well. Whether it comes > from the engineers varied from group to group. > > Of course, I don't think FreeBSD *has* a project manager. Nik Clayton is the FreeBSD Documentation Project Manager. - jim -- - jim mock <mij@osdn.com> - O|S|D|N - open source development network - - http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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