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[Rahul Sundaram]

Gaurav wrote:

> why o why this self introduction is needed 
> ...........................as if one is applying for a job or something

It is applying for a job. A volunteer job of producing Fedora documentation.

> ..........i never seen on OSS project this kind of rigid introduction 
> schemes

It is mean to understand each other while working as a team. The 
information required is not rigid by any means in my opinion.


> .....your past qualifications or  some white collar job is no 
> guarantee against quality or the talent ...i have seen enough 16 years 
> old or hackers with no higher education code writing the best code .. 
> .the content or the code submitted should be only concern 

We dont judge anyone by their introduction alone. This is again to 
provide some basic information about the person to gain a understanding 
of each other. If the interested writers and editors willing to 
contribute documentation and editorial work have not complained it isnt 
a concern for others.

> ....moreover there is no such processes in tldp

As someone who has been involved in the LDP project for a long time 
reviewing and producing documentation including but not limited to the 
project FAQ (http://tldp.org/FAQ/LDP-FAQ/),  I am well aware that LDP is 
very concerned about the quality of documentation is its website but the 
processes by themselves are not enough to guarantee this as witness by 
the number of outdated docs and missing authors in the HOWTO's and 
guides within the project. The licenses can disallow modifications and 
various documentation is about proprietary products. I have raised such 
concerns before on the project but the amount of volunteers involved is 
very low now and and due to this unfortunately LDP is not an ideal 
example of a good documentation project. We can do potentially much better.

-- 
Rahul 

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