Re: Problem in x11.en.xml

I've been identifying stuff as outdated by, for example:

old (meaning nonexistent) version numbers--in this case I add material 
for a new version number.  For example, I've been meaning to add 
material about XFree86-4.4, but have been too busy.

no longer relevant--problems with specific packages that are fixed--in 
this case I comment out the section, with a view for later deletion.

...

It may be worth putting all of the 10.1-specific stuff into one 
document, translating it, and immediately declaring it to be 
"historic/unmaintained (just like Fink-0.4.1).  That would be 
relatively obvious as to where a user should be.

As to other historic material--if nobody's asked any questions on the 
lists or #fink about it in the past 6 months, then moving it to another 
document shouldn't cause a problem.

On Apr 27, 2004, at 9:40 AM, BABA Yoshihiko wrote:

>
> On 2004/04/17, at 22:47, David H. wrote:
>
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>> Martin Costabel wrote:
>>> Michèle Garoche wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> The next paragraph about MacGimp is also 3 years old. Keeping such 
>>> outdated information around is rather embarassing.
>> How so?
>> I do not find it embarrassing to keep historical important 
>> information. Someone might _choose_ not to run XFree864.4.0 for 
>> personal reasons.
>> I will agree, that we might have to find a way to either
>> a) mark deprecated bits of documentation
>> b) Introduce a section called "historic" where all such obviously 
>> outdated but still valid information is found.
>>
>> So please Alexander and Baba, let's set a policy.
>
> With this particular section, do we need to move it to historic 
> section?  What is wrong with changing the version number to the latest 
> available one?
>
> Regarding historic section itself, I could say possible problems:
> 1. how do we identify a description is *outdated*?
> Do we identify the latest x11 version and all the earlier versions are 
> outdated?
>
> 2. Do users find it easy if they are in historic section?
> Well, maybe.  If the user is using an older version, we can assume he 
> is doing it on purpose, with good knowledge of x11 (or any program).  
> I still doubt if the user can easily find the historic section.
>
> Thanks
> --
> BABA Yoshihiko
>
> Town Planner (Kyoto Center for Community Collaboration)
> Webmaster, Tokyo Linux Users Group (http://www.tlug.jp)
> Support, Translation and Documentation Team, Fink Project 
> (http://fink.sourceforge.net)
>
>
>
--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documentarian
Day Job:  Levitated Dipole Experiment
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