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Subject:Re: Version Numbers for Help Files From:Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG> Date:Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:58:38 -0800
>Bottom line here is this: If your help documentation is viewed
>as an integral part of the whole package (software, packaging,
>documentation = product) then when any part of that product needs
>updating, it should happen.
This I agree with.
>Tying that version number to the software release number
>really puts a cramp in that way of thinking.
This seems like a non sequitur. ...RM
Richard Mateosian Freelance Technical Writer
srm -at- c2 -dot- org Copyright 1996 Review Editor, IEEE Micro http://www.c2.org/~srm/ All rights reserved President, Berkeley STC
