On Saturday 14 March 2009 21:56:39 Dan Langille wrote:
> Kern Sibbald wrote:
> > To everyone:
> > In the future, please (everyone) pay careful attention to formating your
> > request (i.e. leading spaces, line separation and such) so that it
> > corresponds exactly to the format in the projects file.  As these are
> > presented, they are almost unreadable when copied and pasted into the
> > projects file, and so to make it readable, I have to spend considerable
> > time dealing with formating.  If you do not understand what I mean take a
> > look at the current project file and try to find and read some of the
> > more recent submissions.
> >
> > Thanks for your consideration of the request.
>
> I suggest a slight change of policy.
>
> If a request is accepted, but is in the incorrect format, it should be
> put on hold until the submitter adjusts the format.  It is in their
> interest to reformat.
>
> I say "accepted then reformat" because there's no sense in asking
> someone to reformat if it's been rejected.
>
> Of course, I'd also go for "reject the submission if incorrectly
> formated".  I think shifting the work to those better suited to carry
> out the work is a good idea.
>
> Developers are not expected to do a bunch of text formating.  It's not
> because they can't do it.  It's because others can easily do it, thus
> freeing up developer time to do developer things.

Yes, good idea, thanks.  I think I may even apply it retroactively :-)

Kern


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