[Jprogramming] Wiki vs HTML classics

[Raul Miller]

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:57 AM Eric Iverson <eric.b.iverson at gmail.com> wrote:
> It would be an enormous effort to keep the Dictionary current and we think
> it would be better to focus on moving the implementation forward and making
> better use of the wiki. I don't see a new edition of the Dictionary
> magically appearing any time soon.

It would also be nice if we had a process for dealing with pull
requests on github.  They do not have to be automatically accepted
(unlike the wiki) -- the pull request implementation on github also
offers a focused "forum" for asking questions and mentioning unhandled
issues.

For example, consider https://github.com/jsoftware/general_misc/pull/1

That thing has been sitting there for a few weeks now. I had mentioned
it in an aside, previously --
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2019-August/053861.html
-- but obviously that's not good enough.

If the community could cope with pull requests, we might be able to
adequately (and safely) update https://github.com/jsoftware/docs_help
(and, if I understand right, eventually: the website copy of the
dictionary) as well as deal with the broader range of issues touched
on in the wiki?

Thanks,

-- 
Raul