On Saturday 14 March 2009 21:56:39 Dan Langille wrote: > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > To everyone: > > In the future, please (everyone) pay careful attention to formating your > > request (i.e. leading spaces, line separation and such) so that it > > corresponds exactly to the format in the projects file. As these are > > presented, they are almost unreadable when copied and pasted into the > > projects file, and so to make it readable, I have to spend considerable > > time dealing with formating. If you do not understand what I mean take a > > look at the current project file and try to find and read some of the > > more recent submissions. > > > > Thanks for your consideration of the request. > > I suggest a slight change of policy. > > If a request is accepted, but is in the incorrect format, it should be > put on hold until the submitter adjusts the format. It is in their > interest to reformat. > > I say "accepted then reformat" because there's no sense in asking > someone to reformat if it's been rejected. > > Of course, I'd also go for "reject the submission if incorrectly > formated". I think shifting the work to those better suited to carry > out the work is a good idea. > > Developers are not expected to do a bunch of text formating. It's not > because they can't do it. It's because others can easily do it, thus > freeing up developer time to do developer things.
Yes, good idea, thanks. I think I may even apply it retroactively :-) Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
