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From: | Seth Goldberg |
Subject: | Re: Documenting the GRUB configure (during build) |
Date: | Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:28:09 -0800 (PST) |
User-agent: | Alpine 2.00 (GSO 1167 2008-08-23) |
Quoting Bruce Dubbs, who wrote the following on Thu, 10 Dec 2009:
Robert Millan wrote:On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 03:42:24PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:I'm afraid I don't agree that the solution to documenting changes is not to document anything. That may be a little harsh, but I firmly believe that documentation is key to acceptance.It's OK. Well my concern is about long-term maintainability. We're very busy all the time, and redundancy in our codebase often results in birot. Can I count on your commitment that you'll be around to adjust this documentation if it gets out of sync, etc?Yes, I think you can. I've always been interested in the boot process. I remember disassembling the boot sector back in the late '80s to see what was going on. That was before I knew about open source and the use of the internet became generally available (I didn't have it).I went back to school late in life (91-93) and my dissertation was on the effects of comments on the maintainability of source code. :)Now I'm semi-retired and I think I can commit to a few years. I don't think my interest will wane. :)
You're the dream-person to do this job. And bless you for taking it on :). --S
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