On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 08:12:02AM -0600, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> Zack Brown <zbrown@tumblerings.org> writes:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > How often is
> > http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=256
> > updated?
>
> ...whenever there's a big enough discrepancy between the HEAD version
> of the book's source code and the PDF stuff on the website.
>
> Fitz, cmpilato and I are in process of rewriting and expanding
> chapters 3, 4, and 5 right now. So I'm not sure what our policy is.
> I'm not sure if our commits to the book must "always keep the book
> perfectly readable". If so, we need to be careful what we commit, or
> commit less often, or work on a branch. If not, then we should upload
> new PDFs only at major junctures, when the book *is* in a readable
> state.
I'd suggest having two side-by-side versions for each type (html, pdf,
ps). The first version will be the 'careful' one that everyone should
read if they just want info. The second version will be the
up-to-the-minute one that folks should read if they just want to follow
the book's development progress without compiling it themselves.
>
--
Zack Brown
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Received on Wed Nov 6 15:18:13 2002