Agenda addition

[Karsten Wade]

On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 10:35 +0100, Stuart Ellis wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:40:24 -0700, "Karsten Wade" <kwade at redhat.com>
> said:
> 
> "For starters, I think only a writer or editor of a particular document
> should be mucking about in those specific directories."
> 
> I suppose that the main process thing then, is for us to keep a list of
> who maintains which documents/modules.

Yeah, Wiki just to be easier.

> "I _think_ people tend to stick within their project directories, i.e.,
> modules.  That's how we do it on the RH docs team.  One tree per guide,
> and one person 0wns it."
> 
> FWIW, I like the simplicity of having a single named maintainer for
> accountability purposes, even if the work is being by multiple people.

I tend to agree with this.

> "For FDP, I'd like to see collaboration possible within directories.
> We'll need some lightweight policy in place, such as, coordinate with
> your project team on who is committing what to where, use intelligent
> naming and division of <section>s into files, etc."
> 
> This may sound like a nitpick...  Perhaps "guidelines" rather than
> "policy" ?  Different documents may develop different maintenance
> arrangements to suit the circumstances (e.g. Release Notes vs. Install
> Guide vs. a tutorial).

I actually appreciate these kind of attentions to word choices.  I use
words such as process, rules, and policy, where softer words can be
chosen.  Many people balk at the ideas those words raise in them, and
I've noticed lately this happening.  I'll watch out for my usage, thanks
to you for the suggestion.

- Karsten
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