3rd party code, was: link for Maxima web site, was: Simplify ladder operators


On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, Jaime Villate wrote:

< On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 08:51 +0000, Leo Butler wrote:
< > I seem to recall correspondence that the wiki is a 
< > preferred location for 3rd party code because 
< > the permissions on it are relatively open. Am I mistaken?
< > 
< > In all cases, it would be helpful to have a link to the wiki
< > page above on 3rdpartycode.
< I'm not aware of any project policies on that respect, but the fact is
< that at this point the wiki page has only two links, which are also
< repeated in the 3rd party Web page. I do not see any point in putting a
< link to the wiki page at this point.

The rationale is that the wiki page is easy to contribute to,
whereas the 3rdpartycode requires a developer to edit it.

< 
< > Also, I think that the preface: ...
< > is out of date (and slightly backward looking). Why not something
< > like:...
< Before you sent this message, I had already come to the same conclusion
< and changed the introduction. See whether you like the new version and
< if you still want to propose further improvements please let me know and
< I can do them easily.
 
I don't see the changes at the moment, but perhaps I'm looking at a
mirror. Leo

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