discuss: List of Docs needing review (was Re: the good the bad and the ugly)
Subject:
Re: List of Docs needing review (was Re: the good the bad and the ugly)
From:
doug jensen ####@####.####
Date:
26 Nov 2003 17:49:48 -0000
Message-Id: <20031126175926.GA7256@ispwest.com>
On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 02:51:34PM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 12:36:17PM -0700, doug jensen wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 02:49:16PM -0800, David Lawyer wrote:
> > > So part of the problem is not having a database with HOWTOs, etc. in
> > > various categories such as "author wants out, looking for new author".
> >
> > That would be good. Alternatively/also, the author could put a
> > statement in the HOWTO that a new maintainer is wanted. That way the
> > author could select a replacement.
>
> I understand that not all authors will want to release control like this!
> And that's absolutely ok by me! However, the more I read emails on this
> topic the more I want /my/ documentation to be as free as the software
> it supports.
Maybe you could ask for co-maintainers. That's what Colin Watson did
with the Debian doc-linux package, which includes tldp HOWTOs. He
received four (I think) offers to help, two of us have stayed around.
Out of the four, one is a real asset, Frank Lichtenheld, he is now doing
all of the processing, innovation, and packaging. I think if you found
the right people, you would enjoy it.
--
Doug Jensen
