Re: updating the FAQ

[etienne]

  Hi,

this is just to say that I won't have any availability to work on the FAQ
until -at least- the 16th of April. If someone starts a new faq in the
meantime, I would gladly help with it after that date.

  Cheers,

  Etienne


On Tue, March 27, 2007 10:08 am, David Bateman wrote:
#
# John W. Eaton wrote:
#> I'm having some trouble updating the FAQ.
#>
#> It would be very helpful to me if someone could dig up the patches
#> that have been submitted in the past and split them up so each change
#> covers just one question.  Then it will be much easier to evaluate the
#> changes.
#
# The FAQ is so out of date it should be thrown out and restarted. A patch
#  question by question I feel is a lot of effort for no particular
# benefit. At least for the overall update proposed originally by Etienne
# early last year..
#
#>
#> I apologize for not taking care of this as patches were posted
#> earlier.
#>
#> jwe
#>
#
# I took a look back through the mail archives (thanks nabble) and found
# all of the messages at this end of this post. The major ones are the one
# from Etienne and my modification of this later in the year. However, I
# believe from what Etienne said to me off list that he sent you an
# updated version off list and so even though my version of the patch was
# based on Etienne's there are probably a few changes in the version
# Etienne sent you privately. There are a couple of messages that I dug up
# as well with smaller proposed changes...
#
# I propose that Etienne comments on his updated version of the FAQ and he
# and I merge our update in to a single contribution and then we can apply
# the other smaller patches one by one.. There are probably a few other
# changes for recent improvements in the graphics as well.
#
# Regards
# David
#
#
# http://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/bug-octave/2006-December/001320.html
# http://velveeta.che.wisc.edu/octave/lists/octave-maintainers/2005/441
# http://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/help-octave/2006-May/000134.html
# http://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2006-May/000112.html
# http://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2006-May/000113.html
# http://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2006-December/001520.html
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