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From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To: Remko Lodder <remko@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 11:00:20PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote:
> Michael W. Lucas wrote:
> >So, I'm looking at the acknowledgements page.  I have to say, I think
> >it's outdated.
> >
> >Of the people who are named, two of them (jkh and wollman) last
> >committed 4 years ago.  Many, many people have contributed since then.
> >pds has been gone for years.
> >
> >I see a few options:
> >
> >a) ignore the acknowledgements page, and enjoy how decrepit it is
> >    becoming.  This is the default.
> >
> >b) update the acknowledgements page, going through the PR database and
> >    the commit log to get a proper list of names.
> >
> >c) update the acknowledgements page by deleting names and writing
> >    something along the lines of "hundreds if not thousands of people
> >    have contributed to the FAQ over the last ten years, and we thank
> >    them all."
> >
> >d) delete the acknowledgements page.
> >
> >Any preferences?  I would say, in order: C, D, A, and someone else
> >doing B.
> >
> >==ml
> >
> 
> C:
> 
> And perhaps something like the Handbook?
> 
> Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to day 
> use of FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE and FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE. This manual is a 
> work in progress and is the work of many individuals.

Yes, that's decent text, thanks.

> (Hm reminds me that we might need to bump the 5.X-RELEASE stuff)
> 
> and please do not post to doc@ and freebsd-doc@ :)

Uh, I just posted to doc@freebsd.org...  did it get forwarded somehow?

==ml

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