[Gnu-arch-users] Re: "Newbie-ized help"

[Mark Stosberg]

On 2004-09-26, James Blackwell <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>> How many hours do you estimate it would take to change the current
>>> codebase over to doing what you request? 
>>
>> I admit I have no idea -- I haven't really looked at how the current
>> help system works.
>
> Do you think it might be appropriate to dive into the code and assess
> the ease of a change before recommending it? 

Newbies, and those how can think like them, will provide the best
feedback on how to re-organize the help to be "newbie friendly". Many of
these people won't have interest or experience to hack the code, but
that doesn't lessen the value of their feedback. (I'm a new user using
it to manage Perl code, and have forgotten most of the C I learned). 

Sure, it's important to balance the suggestion with the considerations of
implementing it. If it's a great suggestion that's time consuming to
implement, leave it on a "wish list" for someone to get to later. The
better suggestion, the more likely someone will want to come along and
work on it. 

        Mark

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