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Re: The abbreviation in []
I think maybe you can add a contributors FAQ to WIKI.
Thanks,
Hui
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 17:01, Sean Chen <sean.chen1234@gmail.com> wrote:
>> As I said, this is used by the maintainers, so I don't know if it's
>> really all that useful to explain in the CONTRIBUTING file... By the
>> time someone gets promoted to maintainer, they should have picked up
>> this sort of idiosyncratic usage in our mailing list!
>
> Thanks for your explanation.
>
> I understand your concern. This is also an intermediate situation
> between adding it to CONTRIBUTING file or not. :) If add, CONTRIBUTING
> file will grow. Otherwise, new contributors have to guess it. I think
> a FAQ thread in the mailing list is also OK. If so, new contributors
> will search title “FAQ” in the mailing list to get the information.
>
> From now on, we can search “rfa rfc commit patch ob” to get the
> current thread. :)
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Sean Chen
>