Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Jul 1997 00:09:03 +0100 (BST) | From | Alistair Riddell <> | Subject | Re: documenting the kernel [and some praise :-)] |
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On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Andrew E. Mileski wrote: > If you change the code, you change the docs. A simple rule that [forgive > me, but its my opinion] only idiots break. It should be enforced too.
I don't think we can force anyone to document something they write, as that would discourage people from submitting pieces of code. I don't think we sohuld be calling anyone idiots either. But *requesting* that if someone changes code, and the documentation then becomes out of date, then they somehow flag the documentation as such. Maybe there should be a file in linux/Documentation that lists the date/kernel version that each piece of documentation was written for.
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