Eric Hodel
3/29/2007 11:20:00 PM
On Mar 29, 2007, at 04:35, Suraj Kurapati wrote:
> Eric Hodel wrote:
>> On Mar 27, 2007, at 23:37, Larry Fast wrote:
>>> Is it possible to get Rdoc to generate information about
>>> Rakefiles? It seems that I can't ask it to parse files that don't
>>> have an extension.
>>
>> As a workaround, move logic you want documented out of the Rakefile.
>
> =begin
> How long do we have to keep working around flaws in programs that are
> most central to the Ruby experience? Why can't this be this fixed
> instead? Although it was written by Dave Thomas and friends, rdoc is
> not perfect[1]. If this were 1997 instead of 2007, I'd bet this issue
> would be fixed almost instantaneously.
> =end
>
> [... more feature requests/bug reports reported in the wrong
> place ...]
Have you submitted a patch to the RDoc tracker? With tests? I just
looked, and didn't see one that seemed to match. Apologies if I
missed it.
If I haven't missed it, quit complaining and start patching.
Ruby and RDoc are open source, which means *YOU* are equally
responsible for making RDoc awesome as anybody else. Open source
does not mean you have the right or even expectation of the author or
maintainer doing anything for you, especially when you offer
complaints instead of patches.
(Alternately, you can bribe me into fixing anything I'm the
maintainer of, otherwise I'll fix it as I see fit.)