Re: [Help-glpk] interfaces and platforms

[Michael Hennebry]

On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Harley wrote:

> I think Robbie's comments were in response to the 'more reliable' part of 
> your email. Robbie has worked very hard on the wikibook for GLPK and it is an 
> excellent reference and it is not wikipedia as it has been created by the 
> GLPK users but also has not been formally peer reviewed.
>
> Given that many participants on this list do not have English as their first 
> language, we need to be careful about interpreting the intentions of the 
> writer. I don't believe that Robbie's comments are angry just as I believe 
> that there may have been a misunderstanding in the original email about the 
> difference between wikipedia (not much standing in the academic world) and 
> the GLPK wikibook that has been put together by the users of GLPK.

My suspicion is that what is needed is not a more reliable source.
What is needed is probably a more respected source.
Quite possibly anything with wiki in the name is unacceptable.

If reliability really is the issue, what is the measure of reliablilty?

By any chance, would the information desired be in
the documentation that comes in the GLPK tarball?

> I definitely would recommend reading the wikibook for GLPK as it does contain 
> answers to your questions (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GLPK).
>
> Regards,
>
> Harley Mackenzie
>
> On 8/02/12 5:47 AM, name name wrote:
> > Let me explain and answer to your questions:
> >
> > First, I have registed to the mailing list, second, I'm master student and 
> > I'm writing my master thesis where I use GLPK in a OPEN SOURCE project( 
> > https://bitbucket.org/pschaus/scampi/wiki/Home ) for this reason I would 
> > like to have a source differant from wikipedia.
> >
> > I dont see why you are so angry. Whot I do is using GLPK and writing in my 
> > thesis.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Robbie Morrison <address@hidden 
> > <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Hello
> >
> >     First up, you should register if you wish to post to
> >     this list.  That means the maintainer does not need to
> >     waste his time with cross-posting.
> >
> >     Just curious as to why you think the GLPK wikibook is
> >     not reliable?  Our community (myself included) invest a
> >     fair bit effort in keeping it correct and current.  Can
> >     you point to any mistakes, for example?
> >
> >     If you need to cite peer-reviewed literature for some
> >     reason, then you're pretty much outa luck.
> >
> >     You need to remember that GLPK is an open source
> >     project.  We all take pride in producing good work and
> >     providing good support.  So whilst the controls on
> >     quality are not formal, as happens in scientific
> >     publishing, they are, nonetheless, active and vibrant.

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