Re: "waldschrotts guide to nifty references" - manualpage draft, version 0.9b

Another advantage is that we have the people and the framework for translating this stuff into many languages. Please show me a site out there that has tutorials translated into 6-8 different languages. -Rasmus > One major advantage of keeping the tutorials and other supplementary > materials with the manual is that the PHP team will have control over the > quality, presentation and licensing of the resources. > > This is important because 3rd party sites are often not reliable - they go > down, change their content and revenue model, become member only, are > abandoned by their maintainer, etc... > > - zak > > At 11:27 AM 8/21/00 -0700, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > At 21:15 21-08-00, rasmus@lerdorf.on.ca wrote: > > > >We have a bigger documentation team now than any of the other sites out > > > >there. > > > > > > How would you know that? > > > >Because I have talked to most of them and am helping a couple of them. > > > > > > We have the resources and the structure to do a very good job on > > > >this. The more examples we can put into the documentation, the better, > > > >and if somebody wants to write some full tutorials, I see no reason for > > > >not including them as long as they don't get in the way. That is, they > > > >would be put into the appendix or into a separate chapter so as to not > > > >interfere with the concise function reference. > > > > > > I see no reason to step into something that's already covered by so many > > > other sites. Link them. Keep the manual elite in what it is. This whole > > > business sounds as if we're competing with other sites, when we really > > > aren't. What does it matter whether it's it on php.net or on another site? > > > >This isn't competition. This is additional information. There is no such > >thing as too much documentation as long as it is well organized. And > >often it does matter as people look at php.net first, then ask. Cutting > >down on the number of questions is a good thing. > > > >-Rasmus > > > > > >-- > >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > >