:On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: : :> Robert Watson wrote: :> > I thought about it, but haven't had time to implement. Right now I just :> > cat the messages together, render, and fix warnings and errors due to bad :> > sgml in submissions. Oh, and write an introduction. It's actually a :> ******************** :> > remarkably simple process [for me], but I agree we could make it easier :> ************** :> > for developers. :> ************** :> :> Oh. I just have to laugh. I can't help it. 8-) 8-). : :I kid you not :-). About 40% of the SGML submissions I receive are broken :in some form, despite a template that is correct. Usually it's unclosed :tags, removal of a necessary tag, etc. If I had to guess, asking for :nroff/mdoc submissions would result in a slightly higher success rate, as :I suspect developers have a bit more experience with it, and also don't :have to install a port to get syntax checking. : :Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects :rob...@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories

You could create a port. e.g. 'senddevstat', which pops the person into vi with a template and runs it through a checker when one saves and quits, then asks whether to send it or not.

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