From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 14 20:47:45 2004 Return-Path: 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 636C916A4CE; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:47:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91.asp.att.net [204.127.203.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9E4E43D3F; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:47:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from [10.0.0.10] (12-218-40-24.client.mchsi.com[12.218.40.24]) by sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91) with ESMTP id <20041114204742m9100cefn1e>; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:47:42 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel To: Tom Hukins Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:45:30 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200411131802.iADI2ole012671@repoman.freebsd.org> <200411141407.57544.josh@tcbug.org> <20041114204019.GA58638@eborcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20041114204019.GA58638@eborcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411141445.30964.josh@tcbug.org> cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Contributing to the FreeBSD documentation (was: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors chapter.sgml) X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:47:45 -0000 On Sunday 14 November 2004 20:40, Tom Hukins wrote: > On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 02:07:57PM +0000, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > In my experience (please don't take this as a whiney complaint) > > most of my input has been ignored. > > As far as I can tell, you have submitted 3 PRs. Two of your > suggestions have been incorporated into FreeBSD, the other one is > still new. > > % query-pr -O paetzel --summary > 28970 freebsd- docs closed non-criti low current-us > Handbook fix for section 4.3.1 60370 ale docs closed > non-criti low current-us [patch] Clarification of > textproc/docproj* ports in fdp-primer 73760 freebsd- docs open > non-criti low current-us [patch] 5.3-RELEASE and possibly > older 5.x systems need 3 floppies to boot the installer > > You may have made suggestions in other ways, but submitting a PR is > the best way to ensure that your ideas don't get forgotten about. > > > Just a recent example of this is docs/73760. I submitted a PR w/ > > patch and it's been "ignored" (there are no replies to it). > > It's only four days old, so I wouldn't say it's being ignored. I > know that waiting for your hard work to find its way into FreeBSD > can feel frustrating, though. > > Tom Thanks for the encouragement. :D Josh Paetzel