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Date:      Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:44:31 -0600
From:      "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1008650672.2e424c@mired.org>
To:        swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/hosts file ?  FBSD doc suck
Message-ID:  <15384.12847.836348.305194@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <100377136@toto.iv>

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Gary W. Swearingen <swear@blarg.net> types:
> Matt Penna <mdp1261@ritvax.rit.edu> writes:
> > I echo that sentiment now: Tell us what's wrong with the docs. The place
> > for such suggestions is the freebsd-doc mailing list, or if you have a
> > simple, specific problem, send a problem report.
> I think freebsd-questions is often a better place to discuss what's
> wrong with documentation and whether a proposed change makes sense.
> Freebsd-doc seems to have many fewer readers and many of those would
> prefer to do the grunt work of documentation than to hash over the
> details of a proposed change or discuss the reasons for a poorly
> expressed rant about some poor documentation.  Not so here.

Um - no, not here. This list is for questions, though far to much
discussion takes place here (and yes, I'm guilty of it as well).

If you really feel that -doc is inappropriate, set up a private mail
list for it if you don't think -doc is appropriate. I'll even host the
mail list.

	<mike
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