[wp-docs] new codex page for developers/dev discussion?

[Carthik Sharma]

"Alternate" is an adjective that means "That which is an alternative".
You can feel free to look it up. I did, before I created the title,
and Owen, it's not a verb - no one is talking about alternating
between databases anymore that one's referring to going to the post
office when one submit a new "post".

Carthik.


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:16:16 -0500, Aaron Brazell
<aaron at technosailor.com> wrote:
> Instead of "Using" we could use a form of "Implement". i.e. "Alternative
> Database Implementation".
> 
> ??
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:wp-docs-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Owen Winkler
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:10 PM
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> Subject: Re: [wp-docs] new codex page for developers/dev discussion?
> 
> Charlie wrote:
> 
> > That's already a much better name, I agree.  Not to be semantically
> > nit-picky, but I think "Alternate" should, as an adjective, probably
> > be "Alternative"...  and is the "Using" necessary?  What about just
> > [[Alternative Databases]]?
> 
> "Alternate" does imply that you're going to alternate between two
> databases periodically, so yes, that's not quite the right word as far
> as usage goes.  "Using", though, is necessary because it tells the
> reader what's going to happen to the alternative database, as opposed to
> deleting, installing, coding, or eating it.
> 
> > Seems to me there is a slight difference between the impressive work
> > on [[User:ringmaster/Developer_Documentation]] and what I was shooting
> > for with the database page.  Ringmaster's is documenting what is there
> > now, whereas I was going for a section for discussion and woodshopping
> > of future development ideas, and roadmapping for features and such.
> > I'm sure this is stuff that the development team already does, but
> > doesn't publicize; it would be neat to get the community in on it.
> 
> Hmm, the documentation for submitting issues and feature requests to
> Mosquito is not yet written...
> 
> Owen
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