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[Benji York <benji.york@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 21 November 2010 04:23, Robert Collins <robert.collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I do agree that the help.launchpad.net site is particularly focused on
>> end users, but I don't think casual scripters will be helped by
>> searching on a site that includes things like style guides,
>> development processes and so on.

Agreed.

> At the moment you do sometimes need to read the source or think like a
> developer to understand the API (eg http://pad.lv/486974) but that's
> not really the goal.  I hope.

Indeed, it's an anti-goal.  The barrier to entry to scripting should be
low enough that interested third-parties can gain leverage over their LP
projects without having to delve into the inner workings of LP.
-- 
Benji York