Re: [matplotlib-devel] future of mpl documentation

[Darren D. <dar...@co...>]

On Monday 02 June 2008 09:12:45 Michael Droettboom wrote:
> John Hunter wrote:
> > On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Darren Dale <dar...@co...> 
wrote:
> >> I'll be working on converting docstrings to rest this weekend. Should
> >> any of this be done on the branch? Or should we just focus on the trunk?
> >
> > As far as I am concerned, the documentation effort is for the trunk.
> > The only reason to do them on the branch too is to make merges of
> > other code changes easier, which may be a compelling reason.  If the
> > docstrings get far out of whack, it may make merging other changes
> > very painful.   But at the same time, I don't want the burden of
> > trying to keep the two in sync stopping you from getting the work done
> > that you need to do.  Maybe you can try it and see how hard it is, and
> > if proves to be too much of an impediment, just concentrate on the
> > trunk.  Michael, any advice here?
>
> I was away on the weekend, so just getting back.  Darren: you rock.  The
> documentation is looking great!

I agree, the documentation is coming along nicely. But I don't think I should 
be singled out for credit, there's lots of good stuff appearing that I haven't 
had anything to do with.