DUG Updates

Marc Wiriadisastra marc at mwiriadi.id.au
Sat Dec 22 22:36:54 UTC 2007


On Sat, 2007-12-22 at 14:51 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 19:56 +0900, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
> > I have modified Managing Software with Pirut by adding the section about
> > removing the dependency of the Fedora Media Repository.
> > 
> > In my opinion it is a bug and I believe it has been posted in bugzilla
> > but yeah I've added it to the howto just in case.
> > 
> > Your feedback is appreciated regarding this.
> 
> Putting this in the manual means that there is now an onus to make sure
> it's removed when we move to F9, assuming that particular bug is fixed.
> Do you take the responsibility to do that? :-)
> 
> My point is that bug listings have their place, and manuals are probably
> not that place.  Technical documentation generally includes release
> notes for that purpose.  We have a bugs page that tracks these:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F8Common
> 
> I wouldn't link everywhere you find a bug, either, because again, this
> multiplies the effort required to re-edit the guide for each release.
> Having a link to bug lists or errata in a general information page at
> the front of the Guide is enough.

I'd be more than happy to delete it if the change does occur in F9, I
haven't had a look at any further changes so I can't be sure.

Cheers,

Marc




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