Re: Adding macro for code listings title to the mm macros.

[Oliver Corff]

Hi,

I must confess that I've never perceived the issue from this perspective.

"Back then" (which is anything before the 2000s) I found browsing
contrib directories a rewarding experience.

Best regards,

Oliver.


On 18/05/2021 18:13, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Oliver Corff wrote on Tue, May 18, 2021 at 05:48:36PM +0200:
>
> > there used to be a good tradition to collect these things in a dedicated
> > directory aptly named contrib.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be a good idea to collect macros of this kind (and previous
> > contributions to this list) in a contrib directory? Then they could be
> > made available to everybody without causing too much headache for the
> > maintainers of the source code and accompanying documentation.
> Actually, contrib/ directories cuase *more* headaches for maintenance
> and documentation, not less, and can cause additional effort and
> confusion for users trying to figure out whether and how to use them.
>
> Besides, contrib/ directories are often used as an excuse for not
> properly intergrating new features, causing a fragmented and erratic
> user experience, and for allowing code into the distribution that
> is poorly designed, poorly implemented, poorly tested, and poorly
> maintained.  Just look at stuff like hdtbl and despair.
>
> Counter-examples like mom notwithstanding - in general, advocating
> contrib/ is a very poor idea.
>
> Yours,
>    Ingo