Re: Thoughts on Project Structure



C Y <smustudent1@yahoo.com> writes:
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> Presumably, but we need to know who commits stuff, who verifies it,
> etc.  I've been trying to get some kind of structure togeather, but
> Richard is understandably reluctant to lead and no one has volunteered.

He seems to be relenting a little bit.
I think that Richard is the best person for the job, and sincerely
hopes he takes it on.  As leader, of course, he could delegate
the bulk of the work.

> That way, when we do get ahold of someone with leadership will and
> technical skill, they won't have to navigate a wilderness blind.
> That part, at least, we can try to do.  I'm planning to move the
> documentation effort to sourceforge once I clean up the code from my
> first attempt, and that can at least get underway.

We can get underway once we have CVS access.  There have already been
some bug fixes (the `apropos' bug, any others?) which could be
committed. But we need a place to commit them.
Do you have CVS access to the sourceforge site?  I asked Steve Horne
about it, but haven't heard back yet.

> Currently I'll be working on a user manual,
> install docs, and other general interest stuff.  This won't directly
> help maxima, 

On the contrary, I think it absolutely will help maxima.
Documentation is an important part of a program.

Jay