From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Apr 9 21:28:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from obie.softweyr.com (unknown [204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A51814F06 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:28:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com ([204.68.178.225]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA29144; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 22:25:33 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <370EC408.263B4DB5@softweyr.com> Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 21:22:48 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz Cc: Alan Weber , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Solutions Cookbook (proposal) References: <19990410034943.WYVO5596385.mta1-rme@wocker> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dan Langille wrote: > > On 9 Apr 99, at 22:28, Alan Weber wrote: > > > I have a suggestion for a new kind of document that would parallel the > > Handbook and FAQ. I am suggesting that a "COOKBOOK" be created with > > "RECIPES" for common FreeBSD applications. I am listing below some of the > > types of recipes that I am thinking of: > > I think it's a great idea. This would definitely serve a purpose and meet > a need. Some of these setups seem to be FAQ. > > [samples snipped] > > IMHO, the two most common configurations I've seen asked for are a Dialup > Gateway and a CableModem Gateway. We've all seen lots of messages about > those. > > I can't comment on the complexities of implementing such a solution. But > it sounds like you are proposing a "select and go" solution. To me, it > looks like that shouldn't be too difficult. It's merely automating the > steps listed in various documents. Sounds like a plan. One thing you can do is create meta-packages (or meta-ports) that just depend on all the necessary components. You pkg_add the meta-package, which adds all the other packages by depending on them, and then runs a (some) script(s) to finish configuring the system as needed. Along with some relatively clear instructions, this could be a great resource. Packaged in book form, with a CD-ROM of the meta-packages, it might convince some people FreeBSD is easier to configured than Linux. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message