Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 05:49:03 -0500
> From: "Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> 
> Paul Eggert <address@hidden>:
> > Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > >90% of the effort of writing good documentation is not producing markup
> > 
> > True, but if we can make the process of writing documentation even
> > 5% more efficient or 5% more inviting, that could well be such a
> > long-term win that it's worth the conversion hassle.
> 
> More generally, none of the individual steps to enable new contributions
> are sufficient, but they're all necessary.

But the order is still important.  As we all learned at some point,
you start the optimization process by attacking the hot spots first.
And for a good reason: doing that brings you the most return on your
investments.

So let's practice some good engineering and some good management, and
do first things first, shall we?