discuss: [tfox@redhat.com: HOWTO doc's in 7.3]
Subject:
Re: [tfox@redhat.com: HOWTO doc's in 7.3]
From:
David Merrill ####@####.####
Date:
13 May 2002 04:02:59 -0000
Message-Id: <20020513045418.GH23815@lupercalia.net>
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 01:46:27PM -0400, Tabatha Persad wrote:
> Greg,
>
> Joy already knows about that one, so I'm going to leave that in her capable
> hands! Mind you, being familiar with the procedures that are there help, and
> I'm still kinda new around here... but enjoying the work and catching on fast!
And we are so glad to have you.
> The results come back fairly quickly when editing, since there is always an
> initial effort to contact the author before making revisions.
>
> If it's not already there, I wonder if a blurb about this issue in the
> Author's Guide would help?
>
> Again, it just surprises me that authors abandon their work. I imagine that
> during the review/editing of existing documentation, we're going to probably
> run into this quite a bit. Has anyone noticed an increase in unmaintained
> lately?
Yes, but only because I made an effort to identify them. There haven't
been more docs abandoned, just more *marked* that way, afaik.
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