docs/71529: (Strongly!) suggested change to listed address for postmaster@

[David Wolfskill]

The following reply was made to PR docs/71529; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Wolfskill <david at catwhisker.org>
To: david at catwhisker.org, roam at ringlet.net
Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, jmb at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/71529: (Strongly!) suggested change to listed address for postmaster@
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:46:35 -0700 (PDT)

 >Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:00:44 +0300
 >From: Peter Pentchev <roam at ringlet.net>
 >To: David Wolfskill <david at catwhisker.org>
 >Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, jmb at FreeBSD.org
 >Subject: Re: docs/71529: (Strongly!) suggested change to listed address for postmaster@
 
 >On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 08:32:29AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote:
 
 [PR about postmaster at FreeBSD.org email address documentation]
 
 >What do you think about the following three patches?  You can see them
 >and the resulting versions of the Contributors article at
 >http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/pm/
 
 My current favorite is the 2nd --  the one with the "Postmaster
 Team Prologue".  It's clear and unambiguous; it's easily changed as the
 membership of the team changes.
 
 In the first patch, I think I'd be slightly more inclined to use "Each
 is reachable" vs. "Both are reachable" (in case something based on the
 first patch is finally selected).  But then, if jmb decides to not be
 listed, that makes things awkward:  one doesn't write "each" to refer to
 the only element of a set or member of a team.  And "both" only works as
 long as there are precisely 2 members of the team.
 
 The 3rd patch doesn't strike me as being easily adapted to changes in
 the size of the team.
 
 >Any other suggestions on wording this are welcome :)
 
 :-)  Just recall Victor Borge's line (referring to the English
 language):  "It's *your* language; I'm just trying to *use* it!"
 
 >If you think this sentence is confusing, then change one pig.
 
 :-)  I recall reading that line in one of Hofstadter's columns -- I
 think it was in his "Metamagical Themas" column in Scientific American
 (successor column to Martin Gardner's "Mathematical Games".
 
 Thanks!
 
 Peace,
 david
 -- 
 David H. Wolfskill				david at catwhisker.org
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