Re: Gnus FAQ maintainership

["Robin S. Socha" <robin-dated-1016459156.2abe03@socha.net>]

* Justin Sheehy <justin@iago.org> writes:

> I have decided that I should probably abdicate the maintainership of
> the Gnus FAQ.

I think I speak for many people if I take this opportunity to express my
heartfelt gratitude for the wonderful job you've been doing. The FAQ has
made working with Gnus considerably easier for me and, I presume, many
other people.

[...]
> For the past several months, this has meant that I haven't given the
> Gnus FAQ the time that it deserves.  Someone who is currently more
> active in the Gnus community and that wants to improve it should be
> able to do so.
> 
> Preferably, the new maintainer would:
> 
>   - Be able to provide a canonical and reliable web location for the
>     FAQ.  (though perhaps the my.gnus.org folks could help with this)

We can an will.

>   - Be able to post the FAQ monthly to the required Usenet groups.

We've got our own newsserver and we're going to use it.

>   - Maintain the FAQ such that it can be published to the following
>     three formats easily:
> 
>        - a useful format for Usenet, preferable the existing minidigest
>        - TexInfo
>        - a single HTML page

I presume this is subject to negotiation?  If so, we've got a comple of
ideas that might make handling the FAQ a little easier (not too many
people speak texi, including myself).

>   - Be reasonably responsive and objective in handling FAQ updates.

Since we've got 5 people looking after MGO and willing to handle the
FAQ, that won't be a problem. We've already got our documentation under
CVS and have set up a group of editors.

>   - Be able to work with the Gnus developers to handle issues related
>     to the FAQ.

We'll add faq@my.gnus.org and we're in business.

> Please send mail to me at justin@iago.org with any comments and questions
> or if you want to volunteer. 

I've taken the liberty to include the Ding list and the MGO staff to,
well, let you guys know that we're volunteering.

On behalf of the MGO team,
Robin
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Robin S. Socha http://my.gnus.org/Members/robin/