Re: LSR in dismission

>> Please wait with the transition until `makelsr.pl` gets updated!
>> Fetching LSR snippets is an essential part of the documentation.
>> And I'm sorry to say that it will take some time until I can work
>> on this script again.
> 
> There is no hurry at all for updating makelsr.pl. But I thought
> snippets were not downloaded from LSR during the build but rather
> fetched from files committed to Git and updated every 6 months or
> so? (It looks like the latest import is from January.)

Yeah, but Jonas is probably going to do a 2.26 release in early 2026,
and it would be nice to have an up-to-date LSR import.

>> Additionally, we have to discuss the policy how snippets are
>> handled in the Wiki.  In particular, I strongly suggest that all
>> snippets in the category "Included in the official documentation"
>> are protected, that is, changes must be approved.
> 
> I'm not enthusiastic for this.  That's a lot of snippets (~400, or
> ~40% of the total), and IMHO, the main advantage of a wiki and of
> the current LSR is that mere users who don't have the technical
> understanding or time and energy to contribute to the official
> repository can contribute improvements with very little friction.

I agree, everybody should be able to edit.  [BTW, we have to define
who »everybody« is – shall people who are not logged in be able to
edit, too?]  However, at least on the German Wikipedia, there are also
articles where changes must be approved (»gesichtet«).

What do others think?

> Also, if I were to check edits for spam before they get displayed
> with the brand of the official documentation, I'd rather be doing
> "git diff" after running makelsr.pl and scroll through all snippets
> at the same time, as happens now, rather than click on each
> notification from a list.

Well, I would like that Wiki sends me, say, once a week a list of
changes that have to be approved.  At least for me that would be
better than editing everything in one rush.

> One thing is certain: if changes must be approved, there needs to be
> someone watching them. (LSR required approval for new snippets and I
> remember this taking months for some snippets I submitted.)

Yes.  LSR doesn't send out e-mails as reminders...


    Werner