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Posted to cvs@cocoon.apache.org by gr...@locus.apache.org on 2000/11/10 02:05:55 UTC
cvs commit: xml-cocoon/xdocs mail-lists.xml
greenrd 00/11/09 17:05:54
Modified: xdocs mail-lists.xml
Log:
Added xsp-dev mail list and other minor changes
Revision Changes Path
1.6 +39 -8 xml-cocoon/xdocs/mail-lists.xml
Index: mail-lists.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-cocoon/xdocs/mail-lists.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- mail-lists.xml 2000/10/27 11:38:13 1.5
+++ mail-lists.xml 2000/11/10 01:05:54 1.6
@@ -14,10 +14,19 @@
<s1 title="Important Notice">
<p><strong>IMPORTANT: Before posting a question or problem to any mailing list,
- </strong>please first look at the <connect href="faq.xml">FAQs</connect>
- and the <connect href="mail-archives.xml">mailing list
- archives</connect> to avoid asking a question which has already been
- asked and answered dozens of times before!
+ </strong>please first look at the following resources in this order:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><connect href="faq.xml">FAQs</connect> - statistically speaking, the answer
+ to your question has a good chance of being in here.</li>
+ <li><link href="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Data_Formats/Markup_Languages/XML/">ODP XML links</link>
+ - a wealth of general XML information.</li>
+ <li><connect href="mail-archives.xml">Mailing list archives</connect> -
+ a veritable goldmine of Cocoon-specific information - if you know where to look!</li>
+ </ol>
+ <p>
+ Recently, over 50% of questions asked on cocoon users have already been
+ asked and answered several times before - often the same
+ day or a few days ago!
</p>
</s1>
@@ -33,8 +42,9 @@
<p><strong>This is not an appropriate list for general XSL questions.</strong>
Instead
- look at the FAQ for XML/XSL links (such as the excellent
- <link href="http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XSLTutorial/Books/Book1/index.html">
+ look at the <link href="http://dmoz.org/">ODP</link> for
+ <link href="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Data_Formats/Markup_Languages/XML/">XML/XSL links</link>
+ (such as the excellent <link href="http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XSLTutorial/Books/Book1/index.html">
XSL tutorial at Zvon.org</link>) or try the
<link href="http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/">Mulberrytech XSL list</link>.</p>
@@ -51,7 +61,7 @@
<p>Please also have some consideration for the other users on the list - this is a
busy list and we do not appreciate getting the exact same message posted impatiently
- several times a day! Doing so is only likely to make your question answered more
+ several times a day/week! Doing so is only likely to make your question answered more
slowly, or not at all, not faster.</p>
<p>If you would like to make commercial solicitations, please ask permission from
@@ -75,7 +85,7 @@
<p>Note this is <strong>NOT</strong> for general Cocoon 1 questions like "Why
isn't Cocoon working on my machine?" -
- please ask those sorts of questions cocoon users (after reading the
+ please ask those sorts of questions on cocoon-users (after reading the
FAQ first, of course).</p>
<note>This list is moderated, so the first time you post, there will be a
@@ -97,7 +107,28 @@
</s1>
+ <s1 title="XSP Dev">
+ <p><link href="mailto:xsp-dev-subscribe@xml.apache.org">Subscribe</link>
+ <link href="mailto:xsp-dev-unsubscribe@xml.apache.org">Unsubscribe</link>
+ </p>
+
+ <p>This list began life on November 2000, and was created to discuss the
+ standardisation and implementation of the dynamic content language XSP,
+ which is used not only in Cocoon but in other software such as AxKit.
+ You are recommended to have a strong working knowledge of XSP before joining
+ this list.</p>
+
+ <p>Note this is <strong>NOT</strong> for general XSP questions like
+ "Why doesn't my XSP page work?" - please ask those sorts of questions on
+ the relevant list for your XSP software (e.g. cocoon-users if you're using
+ Cocoon) - after checking the FAQ first of course!
+ </p>
+ </s1>
+
<s1 title="Related Mailing Lists">
+
+ <p>(See also <link href="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Data_Formats/Markup_Languages/XML/">
+ ODP XML links</link> for related websites.)</p>
<ul>
<li><link href="http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/">Mulberrytech XSL list</link> -
more appropriate than Cocoon Users for general XSL questions.</li>