From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 5 14:42: 3 2002 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 5FEF737B400; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:42:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bast.unixathome.org (bast.unixathome.org [216.187.105.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEB3743E5E; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:42:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from wocker (wocker.unixathome.org [192.168.0.99]) by bast.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E5133F28; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:41:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Langille" To: Ross Lippert Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:44:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. Cc: jim@FreeBSD.org, dan@langille.org, anderson@centtech.com, blackend@FreeBSD.org, cjuniet@entreview.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <3D4EB965.29692.13F81F2E@localhost> In-reply-to: <200208052102.OAA11338@eskimo.com> References: <3D4EA926.8190.13B8AA06@localhost> (dan@langille.org) X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.01) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 5 Aug 2002 at 14:02, Ross Lippert wrote: > Freshports has definitely been a value-add that has proven its > longevity. *blush* > > >FWIW: users have talked about commenting on the ports. I think > >they'd take to it like wild fire. > So with comments, we're talking about threaded comments of some sort > on the port? Yes. It would be similar to what exists on the Diary (http://www.freebsddiary.org/phorum/) and uses phorum code. > Perhaps, on FreshPorts, there could be comments with a TTL and > articles with a bigger TTL. Things in comment space are quickly > moderated for spam or other evil and posted. Things in article space > are reviewed for tags, language, and maybe even accuracy before being > placed, at which point the corresponding author(s) on the article are > obligated to receive all subsequent comments made (and we trust they > do not /dev/null them). Phorum already has the ability to moderate. Newer posts appear at the top. I have already customized phorum to separate comments on an article by article basis. Extending that to a port by port basis would be trivial. > I think that generally the guidelines for the articles should be > similar to what we've been discussing. I'd hate to see a "Why I hate > windowmaker" as an article. Such trolls could be hidden/removed with moderation. -- Dan Langille I'm looking for a computer job: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message