discuss: Re: Review process?
Subject:
Re: Review process?
From:
rahul ####@####.####
Date:
10 Dec 2003 07:29:05 -0000
Message-Id: <3FD6CC49.30203@yahoo.co.in>
Val Henson wrote:
>Hello, editors!
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>1. How does a review start?
>2. What does a review entail?
>3. When is the review done?
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>In more detail:
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>1. How does a review start?
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>Who decides when a review needs to be done? How often can reviews be
>requested? Some control needs to exist over this process, or else a
>single Microsoft employee could keep us busy reviewing documents for
>years at a time.
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There is obsolutely no reason to mention Microsoft employees in
particular. It would have been much better to just say "Otherwise it
would be subject to misuse". Linux is not about being anti-Microsoft.
Control does exist. Tabatha, LDP review coordinates is suggesting a
yearly review after the intial one. There has been some discussion about
putting some concrete policies regarding this in the author guide or the
reviewer guide. You are free to contribute your ideas
>2. What does a review entail?
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>Obviously, a review involves several members of the editors mailing
>list reading the document and giving their suggestions on how to
>improve it. The real question here is, who decides what changes
>_must_ be made to a document in order for it to remain on the LDP
>site?
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The language review is done by some assigned volunteers who would send
you their feedback. You can decide what suggestions to accept. You can
request a technical review in this list. If someone is available with
the technical expertise they will send out their feedback regarding
this. LDP usually doesnt reject any document outright. Any author who
wishes to listen to suggestions would be able to incorporate some
improvements.
>3. When is the review done?
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>As in Aesop's fable about riding a donkey, it's impossible to please
>everyone. Discussion could quite conceivably go on for years without
>agreement. Who gets to decide when the discussion is over?
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>Thank you for your time!
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No black and white rules. The discussion will stop when it is felt that
there are no other points to make
regards
Rahul Sundaram
>-VAL
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