On Dec 23 17:05, PatrickD Garvey wrote:> Thank you for your contribution to the discussion. I'm glad you appear to > understand this was not directed at you personally.Certainly no offense was taken here. I'm thankful for people like you who are looking out for understandability.> > I'm a retired System Administrator. Part of my job was being a professional > paranoid about user credentials. At most of the companies where I worked, > loss or sharing of the company phone book was a firing offense. I imagine > that is the source of our difference of opinion.With my documentation writer hat on, I can say that I wrote my page that way out of convenience (rather hastily I might add :) and in the absence of official style guidelines it was easiest to copy directly from the screen. Perhaps we can adopt some of the guidelines suggested downthread by Karsten that will make things more clear. In the meantime I'll work on generalizing the centpkg page. --Brian
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Brian Stinson <bstinson at ksu.edu> wrote:> On Dec 23 17:05, PatrickD Garvey wrote: > > Thank you for your contribution to the discussion. I'm glad you appear to > > understand this was not directed at you personally. > > Certainly no offense was taken here. I'm thankful for people like you > who are looking out for understandability. > > > > > I'm a retired System Administrator. Part of my job was being a > professional > > paranoid about user credentials. At most of the companies where I worked, > > loss or sharing of the company phone book was a firing offense. I > imagine > > that is the source of our difference of opinion. > > With my documentation writer hat on, I can say that I wrote my page that > way out of convenience (rather hastily I might add :) and in the absence > of official style guidelines it was easiest to copy directly from the > screen. Perhaps we can adopt some of the guidelines suggested downthread > by Karsten that will make things more clear. In the meantime I'll work > on generalizing the centpkg page. > > --Brian >Excellent! Thank you. One page at a time is as fast as we can work. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/attachments/20141223/2ce95d59/attachment-0002.html>
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 7:05 PM, PatrickD Garvey <patrickdgarveyt at gmail.com> wrote:> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Brian Stinson <bstinson at ksu.edu> wrote: > >> On Dec 23 17:05, PatrickD Garvey wrote: >> > Thank you for your contribution to the discussion. I'm glad you appear >> to >> > understand this was not directed at you personally. >> >> Certainly no offense was taken here. I'm thankful for people like you >> who are looking out for understandability. >> >> > >> > I'm a retired System Administrator. Part of my job was being a >> professional >> > paranoid about user credentials. At most of the companies where I >> worked, >> > loss or sharing of the company phone book was a firing offense. I >> imagine >> > that is the source of our difference of opinion. >> >> With my documentation writer hat on, I can say that I wrote my page that >> way out of convenience (rather hastily I might add :) and in the absence >> of official style guidelines it was easiest to copy directly from the >> screen. Perhaps we can adopt some of the guidelines suggested downthread >> by Karsten that will make things more clear. In the meantime I'll work >> on generalizing the centpkg page. >> >> --Brian >> > > Excellent! Thank you. > > One page at a time is as fast as we can work. >That's interesting. It appears this exchange is having trouble reaching the centos-docs archive even though http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/2014-December/005463.html has been archived. I wonder what could have happened. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/attachments/20141224/6e1fbb82/attachment-0002.html>