Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 10:54:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@geekpunk.net>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, developers@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Request for submissions: FreeBSD Bi-Monthly Development Status Report (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207191053450.90146-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020719093316.13351E-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: > > > On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Robert Watson wrote: > > > > >I kid you not :-). About 40% of the SGML submissions I receive are broken > > >in some form, despite a template that is correct. Usually it's unclosed > > >tags, removal of a necessary tag, etc. If I had to guess, asking for > > >nroff/mdoc submissions would result in a slightly higher success rate, as > > >I suspect developers have a bit more experience with it, and also don't > > >have to install a port to get syntax checking. > > > > Knowing my own inclinations if I were asked to go through the hassle of > > composing an SGML document once a month which would encompass one measly > > paragraph I'd probably be negligent of the duty more often that not. > > Ever read the template? This isn't exactly rocket science, and it's also > not every month. No doubt a web form probably is the right way to go, and > it now appears at least three people are writing one. :-) This is a leaning experience for me... my first perl program... I suggest that if either of the others is not a perl newbie that you use that :-) p.s. who? > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects > robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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