Given the bitterness of recent discussions, my wish is now to leave the FreeDOS project and lists completely.
People have been responding to my post about who should write the html etc. It seems that my subsequent apology has been overlooked: Last friday I wrote: > ... we have a single, centralised > collection of html pages, and I can hardly blame > maintainers for not emailing me html files. I > apologise for being more harsh than is necessary. > The FreeDOS community, for its size, does > pretty well I think I now wonder how well we are doing, when so many people believe the help project to be of minor importance. In my defence, I must point out the contradiction between the belief that the html only takes a few minutes to do, and the statement that developers just don't have the time. I'll tell you the absolute truth -- I can knock up a new help file in ten minutes, based on one of the existing files. But I also spend many hours investigating the various options and features of the programs. I am not still arguing that developers should write html, after all it could take a developer some time to get used to writing for html help. But for me as the maintainer, I sometimes can't figure out all the options in a program. You have to be really involved in all the various projects to understand all the issues and features with each command. I am not Eric, or Jim. With all the time in the world I doubt I could match their expertise. I am very reluctant to leave under such bitter circumstances, but with the views that many FreeDOS-devel members have, I won't be dissuaded. I therefore returning to my original plan, leaving the FreeDOS project entirely. In addition to leaving htmlhelp, I will discontinue maintainence of fasthelp/whatis/apropos (the linux-style help programs). This project is therefore also up for grabs. Contact Simon Waite mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] if you need to take over the htmlhelp/fasthelp project website. I said there was a potential new maintainer for htmlhelp, but this is not the case. No-one has been in touch with me. Should anyone be interested please discuss with Jim Hall. All my original work is covered under either the GNU GPL or GNU FDL license, and in any case you all have my blessing despite any differences. I hope the help projects finally finds a good home, and wish the FreeDOS community all the best in the future. A final farewell Rob ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
