[FM Discuss] Fwd: Re: puredata manual [was: Re: Volunteer Manual maintainers wanted to test migration]

[Mick FM]

Hi Mark,

Here's the answer about the missing zip file.

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Subject: 	Re: [FM Discuss] puredata manual [was: Re: Volunteer Manual
maintainers wanted to test migration]
Date: 	Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:11:02 +0200
From: 	Derek Holzer <macumbista at googlemail.com>
To: 	Mick FM <mick at flossmanuals.net>



Well, it was a ZIP of all the patches in the book. Not trivial to remake.

I think I removed it for several reasons:

1) It is a BOOK after all and I felt that some people involved in the 
book sprints were getting lazy by making examples for the ZIP file and 
not explaining things in the images and text itself. This goes against 
the idea of a book to me, in that it is not self-explanatory.

2) I (or someone else) would have to remake the ZIP file every time a 
contributor made new examples. This doesn't lend itself to letting the 
"community" edit the book as a whole, since it makes a narrow pinch in 
the pipeline for that one ZIP file maintainer.

3) A very early server move/reconfiguration by Adam lost the file, very 
soon after the initial project launch. So that would mean going back 
quite a few years to look at this stuff all over again.

If someone wanted to help the manual, they would eliminate that link 
altogether (I still get asked about it every 6 months or so) and make 
sure that the patches in the book itself are complete and well 
documented so that a downloadable file is not necessary.

Best!
Derek

On 10/07/15 15:54 PM, Mick FM wrote:
>
>
> On 09/07/15 17:53, Derek Holzer wrote:
>> that has benn missing for ages, also from my own archives. sorry!
>> d.
>
>
> Ok no worries,
>
> Was it a very involved example?
> Do you think it could be easily recreated in case anyone fancies having
> a go?
>
> nice one
> Mick
>

-- 
derek holzer
noise.art.technology
http://macumbista.net



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