From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Mar 17 01:36:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA07833 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 01:36:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tyree.iii.co.uk (tyree.iii.co.uk [195.89.149.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA07828 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 01:36:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nik@iii.co.uk) From: nik@iii.co.uk Received: from carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (carrig.strand.iii.co.uk [192.168.7.25]) by tyree.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA03405; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 09:36:22 GMT Received: (from nik@localhost) by carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA03751; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 09:35:47 GMT Message-ID: <19980317093547.48332@iii.co.uk> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 09:35:47 +0000 To: Studded Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Documentation plan References: <7061.890049804@time.cdrom.com> <350E3177.8F52760C@dal.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <350E3177.8F52760C@dal.net>; from Studded on Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 12:16:55AM -0800 Organization: interactive investor Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 12:16:55AM -0800, Studded wrote: > > > 1. I think that there is universal agreement that the first priority > > > needs to be "up to the minute" pages where all important announcements, > > > especially related to the upgrade procedure for -Stable and -Current > > > will be posted. I think two pages is the best plan, one for each branch. > > > > Yep. These need to be both created and maintained on an ongoing > > basis. We've made a few false-starts at the former and never even > > come close to the latter. :-( It takes dedication on the order of a > > Doug White (-questions) or a Steve Price (GNATS) to do this > > adequately, just to elevate those two to Icon status. ;-) > > Ok, we need a volunteer. It needs to be someone with commit privileges > to get the thing started, and then someone who can politely but firmly > prod people into keeping it up to date. Unless I misunderstand, any > committer can make www changes, yes? So people could be resonsible for > their own "updates." I think Nik would be a good person for this, but > perhaps there is someone else interested? I'll cheerfully do that, if other people will provide the content. Either with content mailed to me directly (to the @freebsd.org address) or (and this is probably the better approach) sent with send-pr. I've got the time to commit the stuff, I just don't have the time to write it (yet). N -- Work: nik@iii.co.uk | FreeBSD + Perl + Apache Rest: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk | Remind me again why we need Play: nik@freebsd.org | Microsoft? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message