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> Should all monthly reports for this project start with a paragraph introducing the project itself? Why not? A lot of projects do it. You also don't have to i
by southerntofu 5y ago
> Should all monthly reports for this project start with a paragraph introducing the project itself?
Why not? A lot of projects do it. You also don't have to include that introduction in your RSS feeds, for the most avid readers, but it's very useful for newcomers.
- eptcyka 5y agoLabor is very expensive, I'd rather it be spent working on gcc-rs rather than making reports about working on gcc-rs more elaborate. I do think that it'd be reasonable to expect anyone who's somewhat interested in what this is about to investigate themselves. Having said that, I don't believe that this kind of a post is necessarily well suited for being posted on HN exactly because it's not aimed towards a more general audience but rather it's specifically targeted towards people who're already interested in the project.
- southerntofu 5y agoI agree with the hidden cost of PR labor for volunteer-run projects. But a summary of the project can be very short and efficient. Copied (shortened) from the README: > gccrs is a full alternative implementation of the Rust language ontop of GCC with the goal to become fully upstream with the GNU toolchain. Please find the answers to frequently asked questions over on: https://github.com/Rust-GCC/gccrs/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions https://github.com/Rust-GCC/gccrs/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Ques... Two sentences like these would be more than enough to give a person passing by enough information to know what it's about, if it'd be useful for them, and whether they'd like to keep on reading.