Zack Brown <zbrown@tumblerings.org> writes:
> > 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.
Well, that implies that fitz, cmpilato, and I should be doing our work
on a branch. Then somebody (you? :-)) would compile the source from
both branches and upload them to the site.
I'm starting to like the branch idea a lot. But I wonder if people
really want to see fancy {html, ps, pdf} versions of a book that may
not be coherent.
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Received on Wed Nov 6 15:23:45 2002