On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:58:32 -0500, David Binger
 wrote:
>
> On Jan 27, 2005, at 8:05 AM, Michele Simionato wrote:
> > BTW, about the lacking documentation, there could be two reasons:
> >
> > 1, people are not willing to contribute it;
> > 2. people would be willing, but since we are still in alpha and things
> > could
> >     change, they are waiting before spending time on documentation.
> >
> > Are we in case 1 or 2?
>
> Both cases hinder the advancement of documentation.
> I expect that the Quixote 2 code will be fairly stable for a while, now,
> so this is probably a good time to improve the documentation.
>
> > For the moment I am greatly profiting from Mike Orr's "superdemo".
> > Is there a chance to get it in the official distribution? I think it
> > would
> > make a great addition, especially for the authentication part.
>
> I like Mike's demo, too.  I am starting to think, however, that all but
> the most
> basic demos should be pointed to, rather than included in a CNRI
> Quixote release.
> I think the demos will be maintained and improved better that way, and,
> like Mike's,
> they can be maintained 'live' somewhere so that they can be seen even
> before someone
> decides to install Quixote.  The http://quixote.ca/qx/ wiki seems like
> a good place
> to collect such links.

Uhm... yes and no (i.e. having external documentation comes with both
advantages and disadvantages). BTW, what are the requirements
for submitting documentation (I mean how-to, tutorials, demos, etc.) ?


              Michele