From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 8 21:25:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org 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 9288616A422 for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 21:25:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from theraven@sucs.org) Received: from mini.theravensnest.org (mini.theravensnest.org [66.116.97.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 679D643D58 for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 21:25:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from theraven@sucs.org) Received: from [192.168.0.14] (cpc4-sket1-3-0-cust132.swan.cable.ntl.com [81.103.79.132]) (authenticated bits=0) by mini.theravensnest.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j794JtwV014069 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Mon, 8 Aug 2005 21:20:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200508082103.j78L3bc0057314@smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl> References: <200508082103.j78L3bc0057314@smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <4467572D-347F-461C-A866-3072555B3634@sucs.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Chisnall Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 22:25:32 +0100 To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) Cc: 'Mark Linimon' , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Evil X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:25:55 -0000 Hi Siebrand, Assuming that it is acceptable, I would be willing to do the conversion to SGML (assuming someone can provide me with some SGML documentation / examples, as I've not used it before). Alternately, I can provide you with a copy of the original (some HTML, but not all of the Ping Wales stuff). David On 8 Aug 2005, at 22:03, Siebrand Mazeland ((Kitano ICT)) wrote: > Hi David and Mark, > > After reading David's first mail I've contacted wpaul@ (2005-08-01) > to try > and get some confirmation about the quality of the tutorial that David > offered. So far Bill has not yet responded, unfortulately. > > I would like to edit the article and convert it to SGML if I get some > 'authoritative' confirmation about the validity of the information > in the > tutorial, or as I put it to Bill: "My question to you is if you > could take a > look at the above mentioned web page [1] and let me know if the > information > in it is a) correct and b) sufficient for the 'Handbook > scope' (i.e. general > interest and a 'quick start')." > > If YOU are able to answer the question above, please let me know > and I'll go > forward. > > Cheers! > > Siebrand > > [1] http://www.pingwales.co.uk/tutorials/project-evil.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > doc@freebsd.org] > On Behalf Of Mark Linimon > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:57 PM > To: David Chisnall > Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Project Evil > > On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 04:44:55PM +0100, David Chisnall wrote: > >> Well, I'll take that complete lack of replies for a week as a `no'. >> > > One of the things in my experience with FreeBSD is that lack of > repsonse > more often means that everyone is hoping that someone else will > pick up the > ball and run with it, rather than the fact that no one thinks it's > a good > idea. Many of our most active committers are, well, > overcommitted :) with > their own projects and neat ideas. > > Note: generally if people think something's a _bad_ idea they'll > let you > know :-) > > I know it can be kind of frustrating for someone who's not a "known > quantity" to be able to get something into the documentation/source > tree/ports/whatever, but the key seems to be persistence over the > long-term. > > fwiw, this idea sounds pretty good to me and I hope you pursue it. > > mcl > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >