From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 8 22:05:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9DB737B401 for ; Thu, 8 May 2003 22:05:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay8-f115.bay8.hotmail.com [64.4.27.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 905A143F3F for ; Thu, 8 May 2003 22:05:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from evantd@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 8 May 2003 22:05:07 -0700 Received: from 128.208.59.99 by by8fd.bay8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 09 May 2003 05:05:07 GMT X-Originating-IP: [128.208.59.99] X-Originating-Email: [evantd@hotmail.com] From: "Evan Dower" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 22:05:07 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 May 2003 05:05:07.0588 (UTC) FILETIME=[8F377C40:01C315E8] Subject: 5.1 status page updates X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 05:05:08 -0000 It occurs to me that most of the developers around here are: a) more in-the-loop then the average user and 2) too busy coding to update a status page I am one of those people who compulsively checks the status page to see how far along things are. It drives me nuts when I know that something has been done, but it doesn't show up on the status page. I can only assume that many other users assume that those dates have been missed. Now, before you get to thinking that I'm complaining, let me assure that I would much prefer that the developers work on the code rather than a silly status page. I propose a solution. At this point, I have very little to offer the project (as a CS major, I may have more to offer reasonably soon, but not yet) in terms of code, but I do care, and I consider the status page to be valuable. For that matter, I keep reasonable track of the -current list. Hey, I could update the status page. But to whom should I email the updates? re? qa? current? And what form should they take? the complete new page? a diff from the previous? a diff from the previous from some base directory? with some particular options to diff? Thanks in advance for your advice. I'm very excited to start contributing, even in this very small way. Evan Dower Computer Science University of Washington _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail