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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Joe Armstrong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erlang@gmail.com" target="_blank">erlang@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Many announcements start appear in my inbox like this:<br>
<br>
[erlang-questions] [ANN] SuperWonderFullThing 3.5.1 Released!!!<br>
<br>
Now in many cases (even though I'm a frequent reader of this list)<br>
I haven't a clue what this program does.<br>
<br>
This is a common format:<br>
<br>
[ANN] <name> <version> Released !!!!<br>
<details of feature> *<br>
<Name> is a <short description><br>
<br>
In extreme cases the short description of what the program does is omitted<br>
<br>
May I respectfully request that all such announcements BEGIN with<br>
a description<br>
<br>
<Name> is a ....<br>
<br>
Where the ... dots tell me in plain non-technical English what <Name> is<br>
... should be rather short - a few lines - not a Proustian paragraph.<br>
<br>
This should be FIRST not LAST and should always be present.<br>
<br>
<aside><br>
One thing that never fails to astonish me is arriving at a technical web site<br>
and not having a clue as to what the information is all about.<br>
<br>
I'm sure nobody on this list would do that :-)<br>
</aside><br>
<br>
Doing this would probably help spread your wonderful contributions<br>
- which I'm sure might be great if I knew what they did.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
/Joe<br>
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