List denizens,
In light of the newsgroup vote coming up short, I concur that a *decent* FAQ
is a very good idea. The list archives are raw materials suitable for
extracting information from; they should serve as a supplement to the FAQ
rather than a primary resource. The existing FAQs are inadequate at best:
purpletech.com often talks about implementation rather than spec and makes
no distinction between the two and interpasnet.com is blank for the most
part. (These are the two FAQs mentioned in 'Servlet FAQ and resource
information' posts by James Davidson).
What is an example of a decent FAQ? Close to home, JSP FAQ is certainly
decent: http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html. A bit further down the
road, irt.org has excellent FAQs and whatnot, format, breadth and
organization taken into account. FAQ-O-Matic (used by many orgs, incl.
Apache) is a good idea.
Doesn't anyone else see a real need for this?
Alex.
----Original Message Follows----
From: Charles Forsythe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DISC: Servlet List FAQ?
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 13:15:45 -0500
[...]
People who ask questions that are answered in the FAQ could be redirected to
the
FAQ without inciting redundant discussion on the list.
We need:
* Maintainers,
* A site to host the FAQ
* Some cooperation from the list maintainers to help point newbies to
the
FAQ.
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