Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:53:14 +0100 From: Tom Hukins <tom@eborcom.com> To: Stewart Heckenberg <stewart.heckenberg@studentmail.newcastle.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Link error Message-ID: <19990426125313.A6079@eborcom.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990418201912.007ce2a0@studentmailbox.newcastle.edu.au>; from Stewart Heckenberg on Sun, Apr 18, 1999 at 08:19:12PM %2B1000 References: <3.0.5.32.19990418201912.007ce2a0@studentmailbox.newcastle.edu.au>
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Hi, Stewart. On Sun, Apr 18, 1999 at 08:19:12PM +1000, Stewart Heckenberg wrote: > > On the main page, the link "Software/Getting FreeBSD" points to the > installation page of the handbook instead of to the page list where you can > get FreeBSD :) The "Installing FreeBSD" section of the Handbook also contains information on how to get FreeBSD. I think the "Getting FreeBSD" link exists on the home page because when the link said "Installing FreeBSD" some people were confused. They didn't realise the link would give them information on how to obtain FreeBSD as well as how to install FreeBSD. > I also noticed that an article you have regarding Linux compatability ask > the reader to refer to a section that is no longer about that topic, > instead Linux compatibility was a couple of sections down the handbook > list. I know you can't keep all the documentation up to date, but perhaps > changing the layout of the handbook might have made things worse if > sections were added/removed/relocated. If you could specify the URL where you found the bad link, that would be very useful. Also, if you could find out the new URL for the Linux compatibility section, that would help. You should probably "send-pr" your findings <http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html>. Almost everyone who maintains FreeBSD's documentation does so as a volunteer, so the best way to see that a problem is fixed is to fix it yourself. > Also, I thought the prevous version of the Handbook had a nicer layout - > why the change? I believe this is being worked on. The reasons for changing the Handbook's format have been discussed at length on the freebsd-doc list recently. You can browse archives of FreeBSD's mailing lists at <http://www.freebsd.org/mail/>. Regards, Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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