discuss: Thread: Enterprise Java for Linux HOWTO

I agree with the "guide-splitting" idea. Who knows, I may even be able to help
out. :)

Also, are there procedures in place to avoid the kind of "volunteer abuse"
suffered by Mr. Wilkins? If not, I propose that we ask the community for ideas
on how to prevent such incidents in the future.

JA



On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Machtelt Garrels wrote:

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> Something will have to be done about this.  How about splitting up this
> document into multiple HOWTOs?
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> Tille.
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> The document is very out of date and I do not have time to maintain it.
> In fact I never really wanted to maintain it, just to update a section and
> the previous maintainer dumped it on me!!!
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> I actually think it is too big a subject for a HOWTO and should be deprecated.
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> cheers
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, folajimi wrote:

> I agree with the "guide-splitting" idea. Who knows, I may even be able to help
> out. :)

Who else wants to work on this?

> Also, are there procedures in place to avoid the kind of "volunteer abuse"
> suffered by Mr. Wilkins? If not, I propose that we ask the community for ideas
> on how to prevent such incidents in the future.

It should not happen, it is the first time I hear about such a case.
Taking over maintenance of a document is a voluntary action and can not be
forced upon somebody.

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On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Greg Wilkins wrote:

> > It should not happen, it is the first time I hear about such a case.
> > Taking over maintenance of a document is a voluntary action and can not be
> > forced upon somebody.
>
> It wasn't forced on me, but it was the only way that I could get my
> changes in.   I also didn't really realize at the time that it was
> and either/or type arrangement.  I thought it was like becoming a
> committer to an OS project rather than the project lead!

Just so that everybody knows: if the author agrees, there can be multiple
authors/contributors editing a document or sections thereof, through the
CVS access.

Tille.


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> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, folajimi wrote:
[snip]

> > Also, are there procedures in place to avoid the kind of
> > "volunteer abuse" suffered by Mr. Wilkins? If not, I propose that
> > we ask the community for ideas on how to prevent such incidents in
> > the future.

I think someone said he was forced to take over a howto.  I didn't
think there was anything wrong with such a statement.  "forced" is
used in a figurative sense and is not meant to be taken literally.
			David Lawyer

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On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 11:48:40AM +0000, Machtelt Garrels wrote:
> It should not happen, it is the first time I hear about such a case.
> Taking over maintenance of a document is a voluntary action and can not be
> forced upon somebody.