From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 06:58:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55FAD37B401 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 06:58:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blackhelicopters.org (geburah.blackhelicopters.org [209.69.178.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1D3043F85 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 06:58:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org) Received: from blackhelicopters.org (mwlucas@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by blackhelicopters.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h5CDwHSW027112 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:58:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by blackhelicopters.org (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h5CDwGEo027111 for doc@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:58:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:58:16 -0400 From: "Michael W . Lucas" To: doc@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20030612095816.A27046@blackhelicopters.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Subject: attributions in FAQ X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:58:18 -0000 Hi folks, As some of you might notice, I'm working on the FAQ intensively for a few days. A couple things I've noticed: We have one and only one section, "installation", that has an author listed. I don't think that FAQ sections really have authors; they're not like the Handbook. IIRC, most of the useful information in this section went into the Handbook anyway. If we want authors listed, we should put them on either all the sections, or on individual questions, not just on one section that now sticks out like a sore toe. Also, the "acknowledgements" section is woefully obsolete. We have jkh listed, when he made only two commits to the current FAQ. While I have the highest respect for Peter da Silva, he has not been the FAQ typing machine slavey since the dark ages. Wollman hasn't committed to the current FAQ. Meanwhile, current contributors go unacknowledged. I am well aware that these people put in a huge amount of work, mind you, and we should not dismiss them in favor of us young turks who have only been active since 1999 or so. That's a definite slap in the face to our past supporters, and those who gave us something to work on. I believe that the credits section is essentially unmaintainable. One of these days, those young punks like trhodes or (gasp) hmp may be the old farts, when I've have moved on to maintaining libembezzle or something. My suggestion is that we credit people in individual questions where necessary, particularly where we quote emails and suchlike, and delete the acknowledgements page entirely. Comments? ==ml -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Absolute OpenBSD: http://www.AbsoluteOpenBSD.com/