Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:15:37 -0700 From: Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Page for doc contributors? Message-ID: <20000724121537.A17413@luna.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <20000724182830.A57387@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 06:28:30PM %2B0100 References: <20000724095652.A677@earthlink.net> <20000724182830.A57387@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 at 18:28:30 +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > 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. . . I can take this on if the desire to have such a thing is great enough.. - jim -- /* jim mock - berkeley software design, inc - open source division */ /* documentation manager - jim@FreeBSD.org - jim@luna.osd.bsdi.com */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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