Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:48:34 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: Lamar Peugh <lamar@ns.kconline.com> Cc: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>, Ron Tarrant <rtarrant@sympatico.ca>, <doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Misleading Message-ID: <01032917502000.00337@mark9.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103271909090.89760-100000@ns.kconline.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103271909090.89760-100000@ns.kconline.com>
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Lamar Peugh wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Lamar Peugh wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Szilveszter Adam wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > My suggestion: > > > > > > > > Leave the link text as is (so that eg in a print edition ppl can still find > > > > out what the actual address of the mailing lists is) but chnage the link to > > > > point to majordomo. However, I don't know if the mailto: URIs can also > > > > contain templates for the text? Because majordomo doesn't care about the > > > > subject, but cares about the text. If so, we can solve it like this. > > > > > > I agree about leaving the link text, but why not have the link direct people to a page such as www.freebsd.org/support.html#mailing-list (or any other appropriate page that might be more informative on how to actually subscribe to the lists -- eg, www.freebsd.org/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL). > > > > > > > This sounds like a great idea. Would you like to do a patch and > > submit it? If not, I'll do one. > > > > Josh > > jpaetzel@hutchtel.net > > I'd rather not do the patch since I haven't taken the time to learn that whole process yet. > > John Baldwin sent a comment regarding this stating that the links are appropriate in their current state because the link text is the email address for the list, hence the associated URL should be the mailto link. As much as I liked my idea, I think he's correct on the issue. :-) > However, the list names are all contained on the page at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL, so it would be appropriate to change the text of the paragraph Ron mentioned in the following way (or maybe some derivative thereof), thus eliminating the email address confusion: > > 1.<a href= "http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL">Join the FreeBSD-stable mailing list</a>. > This will keep you informed of build-dependencies that may appear in stable or any other issues requiring special attention... > > Regards, > > Lamar Ok. That's the way it will be done, then. I don't have time to work on it until Sat. morning, so that's when I will submit it. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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