From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jul 15 13:29:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50E737B421; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:29:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CE343E42; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:29:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (lcl234.zbzoom.net [208.236.36.234]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.4/8.12.3) with SMTP id g6FKTcRJ019740; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:29:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 17:32:23 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Marc Fonvieille Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/40609: Add information about vchans to sound chapter in handbook Message-Id: <20020715173223.42bb9033.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20020715221403.A23256@abigail.blackend.org> References: <200207151835.g6FIZq3Y087486@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020715155100.0d89b747.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20020715221403.A23256@abigail.blackend.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:14:03 +0200 Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 03:51:00PM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > [...] > > > > You may be capable of mergeing the total output from both > > contributers into one large patch and new chapter. Hope I've helped > > a bit ;) > > > This PR needs some work before being added to anything, cause it could > change some things on troubleshooting part., and it'd only be addition > so the merge would not be difficult. > > Concerning multimedia chapter, i'm not sure a chapter is a good idea, > cause i can easily imagine the future *bloat*. > > A big part with many chapters would be easier to manage and to > upgrade. For example, just about scanners and others digital cams a > chapter could be written. Also, i really think that sound should keep > is own chapter(Midi, sound recording can be added...); video needs his > own chapter too cause there are many thing to add (TV cards etc...). > And even a "misc." chapter can be added for little things. > > So I think about: > > Multimedia Part: > Ch. sound > Ch. video > Ch. scanners > Ch. misc. > > What do everyone think about that? > > Marc > Ut oh... I see that everlasting neverending, only silenced debate about splitting the handbook on its way. For things like this, I think we could use 2 books, basic and advanced. Time to hide now! (removed cc: keramida, this can stay with you, I, and the -doc group) -- Tom (Darklogik) Rhodes www.FreeBSD.org -The Power To Serve www.Pittgoth.com -Pittgoth Discussion Portal trhodes@{Pittgoth.com, FreeBSD.org} PGP key by www: http://www.pittgoth.com/~darklogik/darklogik.key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message