Re: [docbook-apps] Producing Open Source Software

[DavePawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

Eric Johnson wrote:
> One of the big hurdles for advocating the use of DocBook in “public” 
> open source projects is that there are plenty of wiki based alternatives 
> that are free, have short learning curves, and do not require 
> “building”. 

True. There are always easier alternatives.
These still require project effort to generate the documentation though?
That, I think, was the focus of Karens message.

>Developers can easily contribute to the pool of 
> documentation. The wiki approach does have some drawbacks 

Yes, of course. Most alternatives have some pro's and con's.

As Karen notes, documentation, in docbook, for docbook ....
is weird anyway :-)




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