[webkit-dev] WebKit Documentation

Ryosuke Niwa rniwa at apple.com
Tue Sep 20 01:01:28 PDT 2022


> On Sep 19, 2022, at 4:48 PM, Fujii Hironori via webkit-dev <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> wrote:
> 
> Why not double-down on WebKit Git repository?
> The closer the document is to the source code, the easier to keep them up-to-date.
> We can modify both the source code and the document in a single commit through our review process.

The fact documentation is separated from code is a feature, not a bug. We don't want to make updating documentation a contribution requirement. Just like unit tests, this sort of thing can significantly hinder our willingness and capabilities to do large scale refactoring, renames, etc...

- R. Niwa



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