Re: random observations on online PHP manual

From: Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:49:53 +0000
Subject: Re: random observations on online PHP manual
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first short reply before i must dash for a bit ... On Sat, 20 Mar 2010, Philip Olson wrote: > On Mar 20, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > it's not clear what version of PHP the online manual refers to. > > i would *guess* that it's the output of a fairly recent build of > > the doc trunk, but it wouldn't hurt to make that explicitly clear > > at the beginning somewhere. > > It includes the build date on the opening page although not the SVN > revision it's based on. I vaguely remember someone asking to insert > the SVN revision before and a little brain storming on how took > place but ... maybe one day. i don't think you need to be precise, it's just not clear whether the online manual closely tracks the svn repo, or whether it simply represents the latest *official* release (5.3.2), or what. just something simple in the preface clarifying that in general would be useful -- no need to get it to the svn revision level. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ========================================================================

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