[Gimp-web] Re: dgo

[Niklas]

On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 21:59, Helvetix Victorinox wrote:
> This is mainly because you do your debugging on mmaybe.gimp.org instead of
> on a local copy.
> 
> A local copy doesn't prevent mistakes, but it certainly makes it much easier
> to catch them before everyone else does.

Well doing tests locally also depends a lot on the person that has done
the new feature...you can't expect that people will understand what you
have done without explaining it.

A good thing to write when new things are implemented is a pointer or
HOWTO with some sort of example. Not just words but something people can
test. Example:

1. Copy the root dir to a backup dir: cp websitedir websitedir.bak
2. Create a dir outside of this that is called website-test-dir: mkdir
website-test-dir
3. You should now have 2 dirs with the website in it and one that is
empty, and the porpuse of the dirs are.........
....

And the list goes on and on. This might look as if the person reading it
is stupid but he/she will understand it more and will be able to start
working with the local copy much faster without to much questions.

Regards,
-- 
Niklas <scizzo@sector7.nu>