Pgpool-II is a powerful piece of software that allows people to connection pool a Postgres cluster, and is even capable of managing a full multi master cluster. The docs are, however, so badly written and incomplete that it's way too hard to set up for most people. A shame, because it's great stuff.
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#13Just curious - as a contrary example, I would like to see links to a few OSS projects with exemplar documentation done "right". As an example, the Django project does a great job of treating its documentation as a "first-class citizen". While I have used OSS software and not developed, I would guess there are some good best practices / checklists out there for documentation (e.g. "what a good README should contain";…
Re: Ask HN: What OSS projects need the most help with documentation?
#14Just curious - as a contrary example, I would like to see links to a few OSS projects with exemplar documentation done "right". As an example, the Django project does a great job of treating its documentation as a "first-class citizen". While I have used OSS software and not developed, I would guess there are some good best practices / checklists out there for documentation (e.g. "what a good README should contain";…
Re: Ask HN: What OSS projects need the most help with documentation?
#15Just curious - as a contrary example, I would like to see links to a few OSS projects with exemplar documentation done "right". As an example, the Django project does a great job of treating its documentation as a "first-class citizen". While I have used OSS software and not developed, I would guess there are some good best practices / checklists out there for documentation (e.g. "what a good README should contain";…
However, as a corporate sponsored project with multiple full time employees working on the documentation, it most likely fails your criteria in spirit.
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#18It's like OpenCV but much better written. The only trouble is there's almost no documentation or tutorials for beginners.
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#19Re: Ask HN: What OSS projects need the most help with documentation?
#20Just curious - as a contrary example, I would like to see links to a few OSS projects with exemplar documentation done "right". As an example, the Django project does a great job of treating its documentation as a "first-class citizen". While I have used OSS software and not developed, I would guess there are some good best practices / checklists out there for documentation (e.g. "what a good README should contain";…