why o why

[Rahul Sundaram]

Hi

gaurav wrote:

> Hi List,
>            I was wondering why this documentation submition process is 
> overly complex...why don t we we use some wiki like tikiwiki or media 
> wiki (of webopedia fame) to manage documents ...why I am required to 
> submit docs in docbook xml format ....and check into cvs ....then 
> built it .....,most wiki system have have built in work flow, revision 
> mechanism, doc conversion to pdf and tons of other stuff etc 
> ...........what is the requirement or need for such complexity ...
>
> Regards,
> Gaurav


You dont have to convert into Docbook.  If you have the content and find 
it hard to convert it to Docbook, someone else can do it for you. Having 
the source content in Docbook helps in keeping the content and 
presentation segregated.  It also makes it easier to convert into HTML, 
PDF or other common formats

CVS revision mechanism is useful for the same reasons that its useful 
for any software project ie. to keep track of changes.

regards
Rahul