From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jul 24 12:13:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from tholian.securitydynamics.com (tholian.securid.com [204.167.112.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E8F0337BC29; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:13:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ecogren@rsasecurity.com) Received: from sdtihq24.securitydynamics.com by tholian.securitydynamics.com via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) with SMTP; 24 Jul 2000 19:12:51 UT Received: from exna00.securitydynamics.com (exna00.securitydynamics.com [10.2.1.110]) by sdtihq24.securid.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA16882; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:11:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: by exna00.securitydynamics.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:12:55 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Ogren, Eric C." To: "'Nik Clayton'" , Eric Ogren Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Page for doc contributors? Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:12:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org OK. I got the impression from a thread a couple of months ago (whose name I can't remember) that we were trying to reduce/remove all of those intro blurbs. If that's not the case, then nevermind. :) This does still leave the FAQ though; do we want to include "This question submitted by X" at the bottom of a bunch of questions if somebody puts it there (I don't know if anybody does this or not), or do we want to create a new under the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS chapter to move this info to? I'm still just kind of throwing out ideas off the top of my head, so don't hesitate to tell me if they seem unreasonable. :) Eric > -----Original Message----- > From: Nik Clayton [mailto:nik@FreeBSD.ORG] > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 1:29 PM > To: Eric Ogren > Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Page for doc contributors? > > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 09:56:52AM -0400, Eric Ogren wrote: > > Just had a quick thought and I figured I might as well > throw it out into > > public. If you read cvs-all, you know that anybody who > submits an accepted > > port is added into the "Additional Contributors" page of > the handbook. Is > > there any reason why doc submissions don't get the same treatment? > > Certainly, adding someone to the list would have to be somewhat > > subjective; after all, I don't think someone just > submitting a typo patch > > should be placed on the list, but there are many people who have > > contributed valuable things to the docproj, and it might be nice to > > recognize them. > > Generally, I think this is covered in the intro blurb to most > sections. If > someone sends in a patch and doesn't update that section to > add their own > name then that's OK, and if they do then that's OK too. > > We could just start adding everybody who submits a patch, but > as you say, > you either have to include everyone, or start being > subjective. I don't > have a problem with including everyone if someone wants to manage that > section. . . > > N > -- > Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. > Modem, $149.95. > Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, > hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before > posting, priceless. > Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, > there's MasterCard. > -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message