Re: [Q]: Linux and real device drivers
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 16:28:26 +0100 (BST)
> > This will only work if you have a way of forcing people to update the
> > documentation when they change the code. People will modify other
> > peoples' code, sometimes they know what they are doing, sometimes they
> > don't.
>
> The same could be said of *any* documentation. The idea is to increase
> the likelihood of the documentation being correct.
In the Gnome case inline documentation has been materially better in getting
updated than before. Some of that is due to Miguel going around yelling
at people but some of it is the system.
How well does it work for other projects ?
Alan
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