Author: husted
Date: Tue Mar 13 05:34:07 2007
New Revision: 517667
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=517667
Log:
WW-1705 Put the latest news on top. Re-order the reverse FAQs on the mailing
list page.
Modified:
struts/site/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
struts/site/src/site/xdoc/mail.xml
Modified: struts/site/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/site/src/site/xdoc/index.xml?view=diff&rev=517667&r1=517666&r2=517667
==============================================================================
--- struts/site/src/site/xdoc/index.xml (original)
+++ struts/site/src/site/xdoc/index.xml Tue Mar 13 05:34:07 2007
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@
and the <a href="#Project">Apache Struts project.</a>
</p>
+ <a name="1.3.8"/>
+ <subsection name="10 Mar 2007 - Struts 1.3.8 General Availability
Release">
+
+ <p>
+ The latest production release of Struts 1 is
+ <a
href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts138";>Struts 1.3.8</a>,
+ which was promoted to "General Availability"
+ (or "Ready for Primetime") on 10 March 2007.
+ Struts 1.3 offers several new features,
+ including a composable request processor.
+ </p>
+ </subsection>
+
<a name="2.0.6"/>
<subsection name="22 Feb 2007 - Struts 2.0.6 General Availability
Release">
@@ -59,19 +72,6 @@
</subsection>
- <a name="1.3.8"/>
- <subsection name="10 March 2007 - Struts 1.3.8 General
Availability Release">
-
- <p>
- The latest production release of Struts 1 is
- <a
href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts138";>Struts 1.3.8</a>,
- which was promoted to "General Availability"
- (or "Ready for Primetime") on 10 March 2007.
- Struts 1.3 offers several new features,
- including a composable request processor.
- </p>
-
- </subsection>
</section>
Modified: struts/site/src/site/xdoc/mail.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/site/src/site/xdoc/mail.xml?view=diff&rev=517667&r1=517666&r2=517667
==============================================================================
--- struts/site/src/site/xdoc/mail.xml (original)
+++ struts/site/src/site/xdoc/mail.xml Tue Mar 13 05:34:07 2007
@@ -51,6 +51,22 @@
<p>
<strong>
+ Join the lists that are appropriate for your
+ discussion.
+ </strong>
+ <br/>
+ Please make sure that you are joining the list that is
+ appropriate for the
+ topic or product that you would like to discuss. For
+ example,
+ please do not join the Struts mailing list and ask
+ questions about Tomcat.
+ Instead, you should join the Tomcat User list and ask your
+ questions
+ there.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <strong>
<a name="respect">Respect the mailing list type</a>
</strong>
</p>
@@ -100,22 +116,6 @@
with a future version of the framework.
</p>
<p>
- <strong>
- Join the lists that are appropriate for your
- discussion.
- </strong>
- <br/>
- Please make sure that you are joining the list that is
- appropriate for the
- topic or product that you would like to discuss. For
- example,
- please do not join the Struts mailing list and ask
- questions about Tomcat.
- Instead, you should join the Tomcat User list and ask your
- questions
- there.
- </p>
- <p>
If you would like to discuss a topic outside the usual
scope of our mailing lists,
please create a
<a href="http://quicktopic.com/";>
@@ -123,69 +123,6 @@
</a>
and invite others to join the conversation.
</p>
- <p>
- <strong>
- <a name="smart">Ask smart questions.</a>
- </strong>
- <br/>
- Every volunteer project obtains its strength from the
- people involved
- in it. You are welcome to join any of our mailing lists.
- You can
- choose to lurk, or actively participate; it's up to you.
- The level of
- community responsiveness to specific questions is
- generally directly
- proportional to the amount of effort you spend formulating
- your
- question. Eric Raymond and Rick Moen have even written an
- essay entitled
- <a
-
href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html";>
- <strong>"Asking
- Smart Questions"</strong>
- </a>
- precisely on this topic.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <strong>
- <a name="short">Keep your email short and to the
point.</a>
- </strong>
- <br/>
- If your email is more than about a page of text, chances
- are that it
- won't get read by very many people. It is much better to
- try to pack a
- lot of informative information (see above about asking
- smart questions)
- into as small of an email as possible. If you are replying
- to a previous
- email, it is a good idea to only quote the parts that you
- are replying
- to and to remove the unnecessary bits. This makes it
- easier for people
- to follow a thread as well as making the email archives
- easier to search
- and read.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <strong>
- <a name="plain">Do your best to ensure that you are
not sending HTML
- or "Stylelized" email to the list.</a>
- </strong>
- <br/>
- If you are using Outlook or Outlook Express or Eudora,
- chances are that
- you are sending HTML email by default. There is usually a
- setting that
- will allow you to send "Plain Text" email. If you are
- using Microsoft
- products to send email, there are several bugs in the
- software that
- prevent you from turning off the sending of HTML email.
- </p>
<p>
<strong>
@@ -232,6 +169,45 @@
<p>
<strong>
+ <a name="plain">Do your best to ensure that you are
not sending HTML
+ or "Stylelized" email to the list.</a>
+ </strong>
+ <br/>
+ If you are using Outlook or Outlook Express or Eudora,
+ chances are that
+ you are sending HTML email by default. There is usually a
+ setting that
+ will allow you to send "Plain Text" email. If you are
+ using Microsoft
+ products to send email, there are several bugs in the
+ software that
+ prevent you from turning off the sending of HTML email.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ <strong>
+ <a name="short">Keep your email short and to the
point.</a>
+ </strong>
+ <br/>
+ If your email is more than about a page of text, chances
+ are that it
+ won't get read by very many people. It is much better to
+ try to pack a
+ lot of informative information (see above about asking
+ smart questions)
+ into as small of an email as possible. If you are replying
+ to a previous
+ email, it is a good idea to only quote the parts that you
+ are replying
+ to and to remove the unnecessary bits. This makes it
+ easier for people
+ to follow a thread as well as making the email archives
+ easier to search
+ and read.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ <strong>
<a name="trolls">Don't feed the trolls.</a>
</strong>
</p>
@@ -259,6 +235,32 @@
Our spam filters will catch most types of commercial spam,
but troll spam is a hard for software to spot.
The best defense is to withhold from the troll what he or
she wants most: A response.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <strong>
+ <a name="smart">Ask smart questions.</a>
+ </strong>
+ <br/>
+ Every volunteer project obtains its strength from the
+ people involved
+ in it. You are welcome to join any of our mailing lists.
+ You can
+ choose to lurk, or actively participate; it's up to you.
+ The level of
+ community responsiveness to specific questions is
+ generally directly
+ proportional to the amount of effort you spend formulating
+ your
+ question. Eric Raymond and Rick Moen have even written an
+ essay entitled
+ <a
+
href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html";>
+ <strong>"Asking
+ Smart Questions"</strong>
+ </a>
+ precisely on this topic. Please read the essay, follow its
advice,
+ and then post your smart questions to the appropriate list
+ (not to Eric and Rick!).
</p>
</subsection>
