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Date:      Mon, 16 Mar 1998 16:31:55 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Studded <Studded@dal.net>, FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Documentation plan? 
Message-ID:  <27422.890094715@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Mar 1998 08:48:47 %2B1030." <19980317084847.04060@freebie.lemis.com> 

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> I don't think you can.  Trying to impose that sort of discipline on
> the handbook is equivalent to tell the hackers when to commit their
> code.  It's a volunteer operation, and people will continue to do
> things their way, frequently with the policy of content over style.

I wasn't suggesting that the original authors have this imposed on
them, simply that an "editor" needed to go through and turn the
original copy into something closer to what makes a decent handbook.

Considering the difference in quality with the results, I don't think
that anyone would object, nor does the average engineer feel as
strongly about their textual output (which most feel sucks anyway and
only do it as a last resort) as they do about their code.

					Jordan

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