[Doc-SIG] Creating howto directory in Python CVS

Ian Bicking ianb at colorstudy.com
Mon Aug 29 20:09:22 CEST 2005


A.M. Kuchling wrote:
>>I note that for the "What's New" document you like to retain
>>authorship rather than succumb to group maintenance.  I'd like that
>>not to be the case for the howtos, especially since the starting
>>documents come from a variety of contributors.
> 
> 
> It's a fair point, but one I'd like to discuss some more.  The problem
> with group ownership is that it holds you back from making larger
> reorganizations; I wouldn't feel able to sit up and reorganize, say,
> dist.tex, because I don't "own" that document, or to rip material out
> because I personally feel it's uninteresting.  

Maybe it would be better to identify yourself as "editor" instead of 
"author".


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