Re: [xml] About libxml2/libxslt documentation

[Igor Zlatkovic <igor zlatkovic com>]

On 31.05.2004 12:07, pawel praterm com pl wrote:

> On Mon, 31 May 2004, Igor Zlatkovic wrote:
>
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> > On 31.05.2004 11:23, pawel praterm com pl wrote:
> >
> > > And the last proposition - let's use the WIKI'like tool for maintaining 
> > > this documentation. libxml2 has many users and at least some of them would 
> > > like to help improving the library. But checking the CVS, making diffs and 
> >
> > Wiki? Why yet another meeting point? There allready is:
> >
> > * GNOME Bugzilla, where actual issues can be posted. Anyone can post there.
> > * This mailing list, where anything regarding the software can be 
> > discussed. Subscription is required.
> > * An IRC channel, for real-time communication. Anyone can discuss there.
>
>
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but for example - what should I do to add 
> comment to xmlTextWriterStartElementNS that NULL prefix means 'default 
> namespace'?

In order to make your change, you must post it either to Bugzilla or 
here and have it commited by someone who can commit.

You are not missing anything. In fact, I appreciate your eagerness to 
improve the documentation. It is just that the amount of trust you give 
the users if far beyond what I give them.

I am up to the following: How do you know that your interpretation of 
the return value is correct? More important, how does the project 
maintainer know that anyone's modification won't result in a nonsense 
which he must correct afterwards?

If everyone could commit changes, the project maintainer would be 
presented with an additional task of cleaning out wrong or malicious 
entries regularily. A Wiki system does not offer any means to prevent this.

Ciao,
Igor