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diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/contrib.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/contrib.sgml index b0f2bcf..73f5a3a 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/contrib.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/contrib.sgml @@ -5,63 +5,18 @@ in sync with the list of FreeBSD Developers --> -<chapt><heading>FreeBSD contributor list<label id="contrib"></heading> - - <sect><heading>Derived software contributors</heading> - - <p>This software was originally derived from William - F. Jolitz's 386BSD release 0.1, though almost none of the - original 386BSD specific code remains. This software has - been essentially re-implemented from the 4.4BSD-Lite - release provided by the Computer Science Research Group - (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley and - associated academic contributors. - - There are also portions of NetBSD that have been integrated - into FreeBSD as well, and we would therefore like to thank - all the contributors to NetBSD for their work. Despite - some occasionally rocky moments in relations between the - two groups, we both want essentially the same thing: More - BSD based operating systems on people's computers! We wish - the NetBSD group every success in their endeavors. - - <sect><heading>Hardware contributors</heading> - - <p>A special thank-you to Walnut Creek CDROM for providing - the Pentium P5-90 and 486/DX2-66 EISA/VL systems that are - being used for our development work, to say nothing of the - network access and other donations of hardware resources. - It would have been impossible to do this release without - their support. - - TRW Financial Systems, Inc. provided 130 PCs, three 68 GB - fileservers, twelve Ethernets, two routers and an ATM - switch for debugging the diskless code. They also keep a - couple of FreeBSD hackers alive and busy. Thanks! - - Thanks also to Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a - Toshiba XM3401B CDROM drive. It has been most useful! +<chapt><heading>FreeBSD Project Staff<label id="staff"></heading> - Thanks to &a.chuck; who - contributed his floppy tape streamer for experimental - work. - - Thanks to Larry Altneu <larry@ALR.COM>, and to &a.wilko;, - for providing us with a Wangtek and - an Archive QIC-02 tape drive, in order to give us the hardware - to improve the <tt>wt</tt> driver. - - Thanks go to Ernst Winter <ewinter@lobo.muc.de>, for - contributing a 2.88 MB floppy drive to the project. Hopefully, - this will increase the pressure for rewriting the floppy disk - driver. ;-) - - Also see <ref id="donors" name="the donor's gallery"> for - a list of people who have donated funding or services to the FreeBSD - Project. +<p>The FreeBSD Project is managed and operated by the following +groups of people: <sect><heading>The FreeBSD core team<label id="contrib:core"></heading> + <p>The FreeBSD core team constitutes the project's ``Board of Directors'', + responsible for deciding the project's overall goals and direction + as well as managing <ref id="contrib:who" name="specific areas"> of + the FreeBSD project landscape. + <p>(in alphabetical order by last name): <itemize> @@ -85,8 +40,9 @@ <sect><heading>The FreeBSD Developers<label id="contrib:committers"></heading> - <p>These are the people who have commit privileges and do the work on - the FreeBSD source tree. All core team members are also developers. + <p>These are the people who have commit privileges and do the engineering + work on the FreeBSD source tree. All core team members and most + FreeBSD Documentation project personnel are also developers. <itemize> <item>&a.mbarkah; @@ -149,6 +105,27 @@ <item>&a.jmz; </itemize> + <sect><heading>The FreeBSD Documentation Project<label id="contrib:doc"> + </heading> + + <p>The <url url="../docproj.html" name="FreeBSD Documentation + Project"> is responsible for a number of different services, each + service being run by an individual and his <em>deputies</em> (if any): + + <p><descrip> + <tag/Documentation Project Manager/ &a.jfieber + <tag/Webmaster/ &a.mbarkah;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.paul + <tag/Handbook & FAQ Editor/ &a.pds + <tag/Build Engineer/ &a.paul;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.dave + <tag/Mirror Manager/ &a.ulf;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.john + <tag/News Editor/ &a.john;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.nsj; + <tag/Gallery and Commercial Editor/ &a.ricardag;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.cawimm + <tag/Style Police & Art Director/ &a.dave;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.opsys + <tag/Database Engineer/ &a.mayo;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.cracauer + <tag/CGI Engineer/ &a.cracauer + <tag/Bottle Washing/ &a.nsj + </descrip> + <sect><heading>Who is responsible for what<label id="contrib:who"></heading> <p><descrip> @@ -162,30 +139,64 @@ <tag/Security Officers/ &a.pst; and &a.guido <tag/Source Repository Manager/ &a.peter <tag/Ports Manager/ &a.asami - <tag/XFree86 Project, Inc. Liason/ &a.rich + <tag/XFree86 Project, Inc. Liaison/ &a.rich </descrip> - <sect><heading>The FreeBSD Documentation Project<label - id="contrib:doc"></heading> - <p>The FreeBSD Documentation project is responsible for a number of - different services, each of which is run by one or more of - the following individuals: +<chapt><heading>FreeBSD contributor list<label id="contrib"></heading> - <p><descrip> - <tag/Documentation Project Manager/ &a.jfieber - <tag/Webmaster/ &a.mbarkah;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.paul - <tag/Handbook & FAQ Editor/ &a.pds - <tag/Build Engineer/ &a.paul;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.dave - <tag/Mirror Manager/ &a.ulf;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.john - <tag/News Editor/ &a.john;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.nsj; - <tag/Gallery and Commercial Editor/ &a.ricardag;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.cawimm - <tag/Style Police & Art Director/ &a.dave;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.opsys - <tag/Database Engineer/ &a.mayo;<p><em>Deputy:</em> &a.cracauer - <tag/CGI Engineer/ &a.cracauer - <tag/Bottle Washing/ &a.nsj - </descrip> + <sect><heading>Derived software contributors</heading> + <p>This software was originally derived from William + F. Jolitz's 386BSD release 0.1, though almost none of the + original 386BSD specific code remains. This software has + been essentially re-implemented from the 4.4BSD-Lite + release provided by the Computer Science Research Group + (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley and + associated academic contributors. + + There are also portions of NetBSD that have been integrated + into FreeBSD as well, and we would therefore like to thank + all the contributors to NetBSD for their work. Despite + some occasionally rocky moments in relations between the + two groups, we both want essentially the same thing: More + BSD based operating systems on people's computers! We wish + the NetBSD group every success in their endeavors. + + <sect><heading>Hardware contributors</heading> + + <p>A special thank-you to Walnut Creek CDROM for providing + the Pentium P5-90 and 486/DX2-66 EISA/VL systems that are + being used for our development work, to say nothing of the + network access and other donations of hardware resources. + It would have been impossible to do this release without + their support. + + TRW Financial Systems, Inc. provided 130 PCs, three 68 GB + fileservers, twelve Ethernets, two routers and an ATM + switch for debugging the diskless code. They also keep a + couple of FreeBSD hackers alive and busy. Thanks! + + Thanks also to Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a + Toshiba XM3401B CDROM drive. It has been most useful! + + Thanks to &a.chuck; who + contributed his floppy tape streamer for experimental + work. + + Thanks to Larry Altneu <larry@ALR.COM>, and to &a.wilko;, + for providing us with a Wangtek and + an Archive QIC-02 tape drive, in order to give us the hardware + to improve the <tt>wt</tt> driver. + + Thanks go to Ernst Winter <ewinter@lobo.muc.de>, for + contributing a 2.88 MB floppy drive to the project. Hopefully, + this will increase the pressure for rewriting the floppy disk + driver. ;-) + + Also see <ref id="donors" name="the donor's gallery"> for + a list of people who have donated funding or services to the FreeBSD + Project. <sect><heading>Additional FreeBSD contributors<label id="contrib:additional"></heading> |