[Distutils] FAQ (was: Re: Bootstrap script for package management tool in Python 2.7)

[Michael Foord]

On 30 March 2010 01:00, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

> Tarek Ziadé wrote:
>
>  For me a FAQ is a list of questions. We add a new question everytime
>> someone
>> ask it and it doesn't exists.
>>
>
> The point is that the "FA" in "FAQ" stand for *frequently
> asked*.
>
> One can debate how frequent is necessary to be placed in
> this category, but a question that has only been asked once
> can hardly be called "frequent" by any measure.
>

However the point of using established terminology is that everyone (or some
worthwhile subset thereof) immediately knows what to expect.

Michael



>
> (Yes, this is pedantic -- lists of answers to questions are
> always useful regardless of frequency. But calling them
> all FAQs is technically a misnomer.)
>
> --
> Greg
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