[MITgcm-devel] 'how to' documentation

[chris hill]

hi andrea,

   it would be great to have it in the manual.

chris

Andrea Molod wrote:
> hi there,
> 
> was talking with jean-michel a bit about the peice of text
> called the 'developers how to'. some of what is there is
> redundant with what is in the main documentation. some of
> what is there is a lovely expansion of what is in the manual,
> and some is additional information.
> 
> can i ask about the rationale for having a different peice
> of documentation for this part aside from the main documentation,
> which has its 'how to' parts as well?
> 
> because i am proposing that we get rid of the 'how to' as a
> separate entity and merge it into the manual. i propose this
> with a sense that it is better to have one place for people
> to look for the information they need.
> 
> i guess i am envisioning an 'evolving' manual that keeps as
> current as we can keep it with the code. all that would entail
> is a 'snap shot' of the manual that corresponds to the new
> release that is kept somewhere available to people that want it.
> 
> thoughts?
> 
> if there are no objections i will do this.
> 
> andrea
> 
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