docs/56883: Inadequately-documented charter for freebsd-jobs@

[Warren Block]

The following reply was made to PR docs/56883; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com>
To: David Wolfskill <david at catwhisker.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org, freebsd-doc at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/56883: Inadequately-documented charter for freebsd-jobs@
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 05:23:28 -0600 (MDT)

 On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, David Wolfskill wrote:
 
 >  >We need to add some text to the charter for the jobs@ list.  Please add
 >  >some text encouraging people posting job availability to clearly state
 >  >WHERE the job is available and if relocation will be reimbursed.
 
 >  +	    <para>Note that this list, like other mailing lists
 >  +	      @FreeBSD.ORG, is distributed worldwide.  Thus, you
 
               ^ I think the "@" symbol there should be spelled out
 (you're talking about mailing lists, not specific email addresses, so
 the @ is inappropriate).  The .ORG should probably not be capitalized,
 either:
 
    +	      at FreeBSD.org, is distributed worldwide.  Thus, you
 
 >  +	    <para>All email should be open source formats only.
 >  +	      Examples of open source formats include PostScript
 >  +	      (.ps), Portable Document Format (.pdf) and ASCII text.
 
 A slight rewrite and reorganization from most common to less common:
 
    +        <para>Email must be in open source formats only.  Plain
    +          ASCII text, Portable Document Format (PDF), or PostScript
    +          are appropriate.
 
 (Is PostScript really something that should be mentioned here?  It has
 more interchange issues than either of the others.  I'm also unsure
 whether "open source" is a good description of these formats, but can't
 think of anything better at the moment.)
 
 >  +	      Proprietary formats such as MicroSoft Word (.doc) are
 >  +	      not accepted.</para>
 
 And maybe a change of tense?
 
 >  +          Proprietary formats such as MicroSoft Word (.doc) will
 >  +          not accepted.</para>
 
 -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA