discuss: hijacking someone else's howto
Subject:
Re: hijacking someone else's howto
From:
"Joy Y Goodreau" ####@####.####
Date:
25 Jun 2003 16:23:40 -0000
Message-Id: <OF27137A65.9BC6375C-ON85256D50.0059A0C9-86256D50.005A0719@pok.ibm.com>
The current Hebrew HOWTO needs to be archived and removed from the general
collection or noted with a big ARCHIVED notation. We had the discussion
last year about how to handle these types of documents once they are so far
out of date. Greg will know the correct procedure for "pulling" it from the
general collection or noting it as out of date. Greg, when you get back
will you give us a refresher?
I would say don't worry about "updating" start over clean, so that you own
the work.
Thanks for the heads up on the document.
joy
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Peter Jay Salzman
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cc: Ken Bloom ####@####.####
06/25/2003 10:14 Subject: hijacking someone else's howto
AM
the hebrew howto was last updated 8 years ago.
its content is completely out of date and useless. in fact, someone
reading the howto will be hindered in their efforts to use hebrew on
linux.
i have contacted its author and all the people listed in the credits.
nearly all addresses bounced. the ones that didn't yielded no reply.
this howto is cruft. it serves no purpose to either tldp or linux users
other than wasting disk space and showing us what things were like back
in 1995.
i've been thinking of updating the howto. before i take on such a large
undertaking, i want to know what will happen to my submission to
tldp.org. obviously, i'm not going to do anything if there's a chance
my work will not be accepted.
can someone make an official ruling on this?
thanks,
pete
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