Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 23:00:20 +0200 From: Remko Lodder <remko@FreeBSD.org> To: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ acknowledgements page Message-ID: <4283C3E4.7060208@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050512193908.GA75832@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: <20050512193908.GA75832@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>
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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 it's outdated.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. (Hm reminds me that we might need to bump the 5.X-RELEASE stuff) and please do not post to doc@ and freebsd-doc@ :) Cheers -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org Reporter DSINET ** remko@DSINet.org Founder Tienervaders ** remko@tienervaders.org FreeBSD Documentation Project ** remko@FreeBSD.org
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