Re: Documenting the GRUB configure (during build)

[Seth Goldberg]

Quoting Bruce Dubbs, who wrote the following on Thu, 10 Dec 2009:

> Robert Millan wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 03:42:24PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> > > I'm afraid I don't agree that the solution to documenting changes is not 
> > > to document anything.  That may be a little harsh, but I firmly believe 
> > > that documentation is key to acceptance. 
> >
> > It's OK.  Well my concern is about long-term maintainability.  We're very
> > busy all the time, and redundancy in our codebase often results in birot.
> >
> > Can I count on your commitment that you'll be around to adjust this
> > documentation if it gets out of sync, etc?
>
> Yes, I think you can.  I've always been interested in the boot process.  I 
> remember disassembling the boot sector back in the late '80s to see what was 
> going on.  That was before I knew about open source and the use of the 
> internet became generally available (I didn't have it).
>
> I went back to school late in life (91-93) and my dissertation was on the 
> effects of comments on the maintainability of source code.  :)
>
> Now I'm semi-retired and I think I can commit to a few years.  I don't think 
> my interest will wane.  :)

 You're the dream-person to do this job.  And bless you for taking it on :).

 --S