gEDA-dev: [PATCH*5] gschemdoc & gschem help menu changes

[Timmerman, Bert]

Hi Ales and all, 


> > 01-gschemdoc-wiki.patch
> > 
> >     Allow gschemdoc to access wiki pages with -w.
> >     
> >     Adds the gschemdoc -w switch to make gschemdoc load a wiki page.
> >     It initially tries to find a local export of the wiki; on
failure,
> >     it falls back to the online wiki at the gEDA website.
>
> I'm sorta on the fence with this.  I don't know if I want many people
> not installing the docs and going to the online wiki.  The whole point
> of creating an offline version of the docs is to minimize bandwidth
> requirements (yes, the wiki is _not_ bandwidth friendly).  Also, what
> web address are you planning on putting into the code?  I can pretty
much
> guarantee it won't be correct in the next few months.  Also, there
will
> be version skew between what version of gEDA/gaf they are using and
the
> wiki (there might be things mentioned in the online version that
haven't
> yet been implemented in the current version they are using).

IMHO, best option for the average (production) user is to keep the local
wiki docs in sync with the (production) software.

Added functionality in the CVS (docs or software) should not be main
(production) stream until fully tested/checked.

Otherwise, what would be left of the point of making stable releases
;-).

If one wants to read the latest wiki docs, one should know how to google
where to look.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.