Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 01:58:45 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Installation Guide Project [Was: Re: FreeBSD Adovcacy] Message-ID: <3705E655.DA6A46F@uswest.net> References: <Pine.SV4.3.96.990402153139.28286A-100000@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> <37052E56.D243D4F6@thuntek.net> <37053C70.A99BEB29@uswest.net> <370540BF.C67A5442@thuntek.net> <37054D71.A05B12B4@uswest.net> <19990403115350.S413@lemis.com> <370584E6.796DD2A5@uswest.net> <19990403125339.V413@lemis.com> <3705E0A9.49257DF5@uswest.net> <19990403191536.G2142@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > Consider what happens if you do it your own way, rather than putting > it in the handbook: we'll end up with two different installation > guides (well, three if you include mine, but that one costs money :-), > one undoubtedly better than the other, with contradictions in them > which will just confuse people. If instead you take it upon yourself > (with help, possibly) to rewrite (or replace) the installation guide > in the handbook, you'll be doing everybody a service. The difference > between the two approaches is in small details: do you write it as a > standalone document, or as one which will fit in the handbook? Of > course, if you write it so it will work either way, so much the > better. Then my intentions would be to significantly overhaul the Handbook. The problem is that the Handbook in it's current format can be quite useful, but you have to know what you're doing. If people think the Handbook itself should be a no-assumptions manual, then I can adjust my objectives to an end that satifies that ideal. -- dpilgrim@uswest.net /\ / __ Our lies are merely the gryph@mindless.com / \/OC/URNE truth of another world ICQ: 29880099 Death is not a kill -9, just a DALnet: anim0s make world and shutdown -r now PGPKey available To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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