cvs commit: www/share/sgml header.ent www/en/layout/css layout.css www/en index.xsl

[Robert Watson]

On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Remko Lodder wrote:

> Marc Fonvieille wrote:
>> blackend    2006-12-03 19:44:01 UTC
>>
>>   FreeBSD doc repository
>>
>>   Modified files:
>>     share/sgml           header.ent     en/layout/css        layout.css 
>> en                   index.xsl   Log:
>>   Put the Foundation link on the top navbar.
>>     Requested by:   rwatson
>>   Approved by:    doceng
>
> Isn't this something we should discuss on www@ ? We mostly had the idea that 
> if something was to be added on the pages we should remove something to 
> refrain from getting overloaded again.  That said; we still have multiple 
> reported issues which should be resolved prior to adding these kind of 
> links.
>
> I would like to see at least some discussion on www@ first so could you 
> please ponder on backing out this change till this had been discussed?

Hmm.  I would really prefer we keep the highly visible top-of-page link for 
the Foundation while the details are sorted it out, rather than removing it. 
The Foundation is about $140k in the red on our annual budget right now, and 
we're in the throes of a fundraising campaign to try to raise the funds to pay 
for next year's developer travel, conference sponsorshop (AsiaBSDCon, 
EuroBSDCon, BSDCan), developer summits, etc.  I appreciate the need to go 
about things the right way, hence our contacting doceng to request the change 
in the first place, but there is a very real and concrete reason we want it on 
there: if we don't raise the funds, the Foundation won't be doing much in 18 
months' time.  Can we find a way to resolve the technical issues on the 
schedule they will inevitably take to resolve without reducing Foundation 
visibility on the front page?

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge