From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/43893 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Justin Sheehy Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus FAQ maintainership Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:50:09 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1016213098 5962 127.0.0.1 (15 Mar 2002 17:24:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 17:24:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ding , webmasters@my.gnus.org Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([195.204.10.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16lvIN-0000PZ-02 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 18:15:11 +0100 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (malifon.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.13]) by hermes.netfonds.no (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2FFpgM11046 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:51:42 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16ltyO-00035I-00; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:50:28 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:50:33 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA23083 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:50:23 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 27303 invoked by alias); 15 Mar 2002 15:50:12 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 27298 invoked from network); 15 Mar 2002 15:50:12 -0000 Original-Received: from ra.iago.org (192.148.252.45) by gnus.org with SMTP; 15 Mar 2002 15:50:12 -0000 Original-Received: from ra.iago.org.iago.org (ra.iago.org [192.148.252.45]) by ra.iago.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C0202C1CD; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:50:09 -0500 (EST) Original-To: "Robin S. Socha" In-Reply-To: ("Robin S. Socha"'s message of "Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:27:55 -0500") Original-Lines: 40 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) XEmacs/21.4 (Academic Rigor, sparc-sun-solaris2.8) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43893 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43893 "Robin S. Socha" writes: [regarding the my.gnus.org team taking over the FAQ] >> - 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). I can't be too strict on this one, since the FAQ currently only exists in the 1st and 3rd of those two formats. Conversion to texi has been on my todo list for a very long time. While it isn't required, it would have a huge benefit: the FAQ could be checked in to the Gnus distribution. The gnus-faq.texi currently distributed is so out of date as to be worse than useless. Having a somewhat up-to-date FAQ in the distribution would be a significant benefit to users. While I would really like to see it happen, I will leave that matter up to the new maintainers. > I've taken the liberty to include the Ding list and the MGO staff to, > well, let you guys know that we're volunteering. This sounds like a nearly ideal situation to me: multiple maintainers working together, using an already well-known site. I will hand things off to MGO. I will send a separate message to that group with the necessary details. Robin, does faq@my.gnus.org exist yet, or should I just send it to webmasters for now? -Justin