From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (IDENT:qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA12533 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 08:37:19 -0700 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.linuxcare.com) (216.88.157.131) by mailserv2.iuinc.com with SMTP; 20 Jan 2001 15:41:07 -0000 Received: from port-8-33.magma.ca (HELO linuxcare.com) (jvinet@64.26.163.33) by smtp.linuxcare.com with SMTP; 20 Jan 2001 15:41:03 -0000 Sender: jvinet@mailserv2.iuinc.com Message-ID: <3A69B2C3.86F207FC@linuxcare.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:46:11 -0500 From: Jane Vinet MIME-Version: 1.0 To: R P Herrold CC: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: Administrivia and a question was: [parisc-linux] Question for theFaq References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: Thanks Russ for your comments, I will try to have these issues addressed this week. Jane R P Herrold wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Phillip D. Beal wrote: > > > I thought I'd post this to be added to the faq, as I was stumped on this > > problem for a while, and I think some people might hit the same problem. > > > > 1. The submission got me thinking. I just examined > http://parisc-linux.org/faq.html --- and there is no listing > of a formal role-address for an 'editor' of FAQ content. So > it will probably be lost in the essectially unsearchable > archive at: > http://puffin.external.hp.com/mailing-lists/parisc-linux/ > > 2, I was going to address the question of who is responsible > for making sure these gems to not get lost to the > administratative contact on the mailing list, so I checked > http://parisc-linux.org/lists.html -- no mention of the > role-address for parisc-linux-owner@thepuffingroup.com or > owner-parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com. > > Of course the first entry on that page, for the announce > archive is a dead link ... > http://parisc.thepuffingroup.com/mailing-lists/parisc-linux-announce > > 3. So I checked the mailer headers -- nope- the list > namagement headers are not there, of this sort from another > list: > > List-Help: > List-Unsubscribe: > > List-Subscribe: > > List-Owner: (Human contact > for the list) > List-Post: > Sender: owner-slug@owlriver.com > > Nope, no help there. > > 4. In getting to the project webpages, I pasted > parisc-linux-owner@thepuffingroup.com, and editted that down > to www.thepuffingroup.com -- which went through two redirects > to get to: http://parisc-linux.org/ > > A one line trailer might be useful: > > See the website: http://parisc-linux.org/ > > ------------------------------- > > I don't see problems so much as too much work for too few > hands, resulting in the technical side getting done first (as > it must be a priority, lest the project be Yet Anither Dead > Open Source Project [tm]). Pollyanna would say they were > 'opportunities'. > > I can file a good bug report describing what I see -- I can > follow documentation with the best of them -- I stand in awe > of Alex, Grant and the rest of the coding team on the depth of > their knowledge in getting the port up and running. > > So my question is: How may one contribute at an editorial and > project infrastructure level? I wish to do so, and bet others > on the list do too. > > -- Russ Herrold > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe: send e-mail to parisc-linux-request@thepuffingroup.com with > `unsubscribe' as the subject. -- Jane Vinet, Director Professional Services/Canadian Operations Linuxcare, Inc. 613.562.9260 (tel), 613.562.9700 fax jvinet@linuxcare.com, http://www.linuxcare.com/ Linuxcare, Support for the Revolution