From e87939b65dd8cd369feeef995c2d324f77da0452 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Veillard
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:23:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Be really clear about support guidelines, Daniel
---
doc/bugs.html | 22 +++++++++++++++++-
doc/contribs.html | 6 ++---
doc/downloads.html | 11 ++++-----
doc/news.html | 2 +-
doc/python.html | 10 ++++----
doc/xslt.html | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
6 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/bugs.html b/doc/bugs.html
index bf881b17..39849a3b 100644
--- a/doc/bugs.html
+++ b/doc/bugs.html
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ for portability problem, it makes things really harder to track and in some
cases I'm not the best person to answer a given question, ask the list
instead. Do not send code, I won't debug it (but patches are
really appreciated!).
-Check the following too before posting:
+Check the following too before
+posting:
-
use the search engine to get informations
@@ -136,6 +137,25 @@ really appreciated!).
- Please send the command showing the error as well as the input and
stylesheet (as an attachment)
+Then send the bug with associated informations to reproduce it to the xslt@gnome.org list; if it's really libxslt
+related I will approve it. Please do not send mail to me directly, it makes
+things really hard to track and in some cases I am not the best person to
+answer a given question, ask on the list.
+To be really clear about support:
+
+- Support or help request MUST be sent to
+ the list or on bugzilla in case of problems, so that the Question
+ and Answers can be shared publicly. Failing to do so carries the implicit
+ message "I want free support but I don't want to share the benefits with
+ others" and is not welcome.
+ - There is no garantee for support,
+ if your question remains unanswered after a week, repost it, making sure
+ you gave all the detail needed and the informations requested.
+ - Failing to provide informations as requested or double checking first
+ for prior feedback also carries the implicit message "the time of the
+ library maintainers is less valuable than my time" and might not be
+ welcome.
+
Of course, bugs reports with a suggested patch for fixing them will
probably be processed faster.
If you're looking for help, a quick look at the list archive may actually
diff --git a/doc/contribs.html b/doc/contribs.html
index 6e78db9f..11bb3c8c 100644
--- a/doc/contribs.html
+++ b/doc/contribs.html
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ A:link, A:visited, A:active { text-decoration: underline }
spent quite some time debugging non-trivial problems in early versions of
libxslt
-Igor Zlatkovic is now
- the maintainer of the Windows port, he
- provides binaries
+Igor Zlatkovic is now the
+ maintainer of the Windows port, he provides
+ binaries
Thomas Broyer provided a lot of suggestions, and drafted most of the
extension API
diff --git a/doc/downloads.html b/doc/downloads.html
index fe7ec736..a68b0d95 100644
--- a/doc/downloads.html
+++ b/doc/downloads.html
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ archive, Antonin Sprinzl also provides libxml2,
libxml2-devel,
libxslt and libxslt-devel
-packages installed to compile applications using libxslt.) Igor Zlatkovic is now the
-maintainer of the Windows port, he
-provides binaries. Gary
-Pennington provides Solaris
-binaries. Steve Ball provides
-Mac Os X
+packages installed to compile applications using libxslt.) Igor Zlatkovic is now the maintainer of
+the Windows port, he provides
+binaries. Gary Pennington
+provides Solaris binaries.
+Steve Ball provides Mac Os X
binaries.
Contribs:
I do accept external contributions, especially if compiling on another
diff --git a/doc/news.html b/doc/news.html
index 828b4871..d920ec12 100644
--- a/doc/news.html
+++ b/doc/news.html
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ for a really accurate description
Improvement of the python bindings: extension functions and activating
EXSLT
various bug fixes: number formatting, portability for bounded string
- functions, CData nodes, key(), @*[...] patterns
+ functions, CData nodes, key(), @*[...] patterns
Documentation improvements (John Fleck)
added libxslt.m4 (Thomas Schraitle)
diff --git a/doc/python.html b/doc/python.html
index 0470349f..0d91cb1c 100644
--- a/doc/python.html
+++ b/doc/python.html
@@ -112,15 +112,13 @@ be maintained as part of the library in the future, though the Python
interface have not yet reached the maturity of the C API.
Stéphane Bidoul
-maintains a Windows
-port of the Python bindings.
-
-
+maintains a Windows port
+of the Python bindings.
Note to people interested in building bindings, the API is formalized as
an XML API description file which allows to
automate a large part of the Python bindings, this includes function
-descriptions, enums, structures, typedefs, etc... The Python script used
-to build the bindings is python/generator.py in the source distribution.
+descriptions, enums, structures, typedefs, etc... The Python script used to
+build the bindings is python/generator.py in the source distribution.
To install the Python bindings there are 2 options:
+Then send the bug with associated informations to reproduce it to the xslt@gnome.org list; if it's really libxslt
+related I will approve it. Please do not send mail to me directly, it makes
+things really hard to track and in some cases I am not the best person to
+answer a given question, ask on the list.
+
+To be really clear about support:
+
+ - Support or help request MUST be sent to
+ the list or on bugzilla in case of problems, so that the Question
+ and Answers can be shared publicly. Failing to do so carries the implicit
+ message "I want free support but I don't want to share the benefits with
+ others" and is not welcome.
+ - There is no garantee for support,
+ if your question remains unanswered after a week, repost it, making sure
+ you gave all the detail needed and the informations requested.
+ - Failing to provide informations as requested or double checking first
+ for prior feedback also carries the implicit message "the time of the
+ library maintainers is less valuable than my time" and might not be
+ welcome.
+
+
Of course, bugs reports with a suggested patch for fixing them will
probably be processed faster.
@@ -186,13 +209,13 @@ you need the libxml2,
libxslt and libxslt-devel
packages installed to compile applications using libxslt.) Igor Zlatkovic is now the
-maintainer of the Windows port, he
-provides binaries. Gary
-Pennington provides Solaris
-binaries. Steve Ball provides
-Mac Os X
+href="mailto:igor@zlatkovic.com">Igor Zlatkovic is now the maintainer of
+the Windows port, he provides
+binaries. Gary Pennington
+provides Solaris binaries.
+Steve Ball provides Mac Os X
binaries.
Contribs:
@@ -244,7 +267,7 @@ for a really accurate description
Improvement of the python bindings: extension functions and activating
EXSLT
various bug fixes: number formatting, portability for bounded string
- functions, CData nodes, key(), @*[...] patterns
+ functions, CData nodes, key(), @*[...] patterns
Documentation improvements (John Fleck)
added libxslt.m4 (Thomas Schraitle)
@@ -811,15 +834,16 @@ href="http://xmlsoft.org/python.html">libxml2 Python module.
The distribution includes a set of Python bindings, which are garanteed to
be maintained as part of the library in the future, though the Python
interface have not yet reached the maturity of the C API.
+
Stéphane Bidoul
-maintains a Windows
-port of the Python bindings.
+maintains a Windows port
+of the Python bindings.
Note to people interested in building bindings, the API is formalized as
an XML API description file which allows to
automate a large part of the Python bindings, this includes function
-descriptions, enums, structures, typedefs, etc... The Python script used
-to build the bindings is python/generator.py in the source distribution.
+descriptions, enums, structures, typedefs, etc... The Python script used to
+build the bindings is python/generator.py in the source distribution.
To install the Python bindings there are 2 options:
@@ -1901,10 +1925,10 @@ close the connection to the database to keep the same example.
- William Brack was an early adopted, contributed a number of patches and
spent quite some time debugging non-trivial problems in early versions of
libxslt
- - Igor Zlatkovic is now
- the maintainer of the Windows port, he
- provides binaries
+ - Igor Zlatkovic is now the
+ maintainer of the Windows port, he provides
+ binaries
- Thomas Broyer provided a lot of suggestions, and drafted most of the
extension API
- John Fleck maintains a tutorial