Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 10:59:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> To: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> Cc: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>, Jim Mock <jim@blues.ghis.net>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: advocacy site Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908041050170.44131-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> In-Reply-To: <37A84E13.60D780A9@thuntek.net>
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Um, hold on. I submitted many dead link notifications, along with suggested fixes in some cases. The problem is that (to my knowledge) the source wasn't available via CVS, so I couldn't submit diffs easily. (Viewing source from within a browser and then submitting diffs on that is not my definition of "easy".) Thus, folks were relegated to notification only, with no fixes. There may be many reasons why the advocacy site was not/could not be maintained, and I don't think we're going anywhere by trying to assign blame or make excuses. Fact is, some of them I'm reading just aren't true. I'm a little disappointed that the official, explicit call for volunteers came within two days of the site being shut down. I did in fact respond, and was led to believe that some DBI programming was the only thing holding the site back from an official re-release. I couldn't help there; I don't know enough DBI to be anything more than a burden. SB On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Donald Wilde wrote: > Gregory Sutter wrote: > > > > I don't even think there was a real call for volunteers to work on > > the site. I don't remember seeing one, anyway. (If I'm wrong, please > > refresh my memory.) > > > Greg, it's sad to hear that coming from you. The whole site was a call > for volunteeers. I had numerous postings on the advo list pointing to > the task list of things that needed to be done, and asking for people to > add input. DN even posted some of my comments and the links. Jim and Rob > were doing a great job until the wind was knocked out of the operation > by Bob B. deciding to change directions at Walnut Creek. Bill Swingle > was hired on the inside to replace me, but it seems that he's getting > even more bogged down in impossible expectations than I was. I don't > hear much from him. > -- > Donald Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" > Wilde Media > PMB 117, 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd SE v: 505-771-0709 f: 771-1356 > Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 web: http://www.Wilde-Media.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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