From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31255 invoked by alias); 11 Jul 2005 14:11:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 31219 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jul 2005 14:11:18 -0000 Received: from x93.infopact.nl (HELO x93.infopact.nl) (212.29.160.93) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:11:18 +0000 Received: from 63-66-dsl.ipact.nl (63-66-dsl.ipact.nl [84.35.66.63]) by x93.infopact.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j6BEAocJ010382; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:10:50 +0200 From: Steven Bosscher To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Some notes on the Wiki Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:11:00 -0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 Cc: Paul Koning , joseph@codesourcery.com, micis@gmx.de, dberlin@berlin.org, gerald@pfeifer.com, gdr@integrable-solutions.net References: <28206.1121071576@www23.gmx.net> <17106.31250.727536.622123@gargle.gargle.HOWL> In-Reply-To: <17106.31250.727536.622123@gargle.gargle.HOWL> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200507111610.57176.stevenb@suse.de> X-Spam-Score: undef - spam-scanning disabled X-SW-Source: 2005-07/txt/msg00400.txt.bz2 On Monday 11 July 2005 15:54, Paul Koning wrote: > >>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph S Myers writes: > > Joseph> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Michael Cieslinski wrote: > >> I also could convert parts of the ggcinternals manual into wiki > >> pages. But only if there is a consensus about this being the way > >> to go. > > Joseph> I'm sure it's the wrong way to go. I find a properly > Joseph> formatted and indexed book far more convenient for learning > Joseph> about substantial areas of compiler internals, or for finding > Joseph> what some particular macro is specified to do, than a wiki. > > I'll second that. Unlike some other major GNU projects, GCC's > internals manual is substantial and very good. Yes, it needs ongoing > improvement, but I'd prefer that rather than flipping to Twiki. So, contribute to the manual then. And let the folks who prefer to work on the wiki work on the wiki. Unless we are going to require reviewing for wiki changes now, too, there is no point in this entire discussion. And if we are going to require reviewing for the wiki, there is no point in having the wiki. Gr. Steven