[GNC-dev] Wiki Proposal

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"David T. via gnucash-devel" <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org> writes:

[snip]
> In reference to editing the "XML Format” wiki page, Geert mentioned
> preferring that the wiki cover information about the current release
> and one or two previous releases.
>
> I personally agree with that idea; it would give a clear guideline for
> what should stay, and what should be removed.
>
> However, determining what those versions should be might be difficult
> for some of us (like me!). I think it would be useful to have a
> simple, public, statement (on the home page?) of the
> currently-supported versions. This statement could be autoupdated as
> new versions are released.

I agree that we should limit and prune the wiki.

What I've seen done elsewhere is that feature discussions say something
like "Introduced in version x.y" and/or "Deprecated in version a.b".
Depending on what the topic is, it MAY make sense to keep it, albeit
moving it to the bottom of a page or perhaps onto its own page where it
can clearly be marked as old/deprecated.

As for what versions, IMHO 2.4, 2.6, and 3.x should be kept in the wiki
for now.  I think anything older than 2.4 can be removed/deprecated/etc.

Just my $0.02.

> David T. 

-derek
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