Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 11:28:41 -0500 From: "Ryan J. Cavicchioni" <ryan.cavicchioni@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Handbook, in Wiki form. Message-ID: <4278F839.2010703@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200505040912090592.03B6BBC1@sentry.24cl.com> References: <781e2bc0050503170031a960fd@mail.gmail.com> <20050504001546.GA64854@xor.obsecurity.org> <781e2bc005050317295898d640@mail.gmail.com> <200505040912090592.03B6BBC1@sentry.24cl.com>
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MikeM wrote: > On 5/3/2005 at 5:29 PM Benjamin Keating wrote: > > |A wiki would eliminate that bottle neck (PR). |Some parts are out > of date. Others fail to mention FAQ , etc. that |could really help. > For instance, the NAT/DHCP articles could easily |include a > 'typical home user' HOWTO rather then tricking the user into > |reading that one line where it says you have to recompile your > kernel |with IPFIREWALL support. | |Things like that bring noise to > this mailing list. Idon't know about |you but I'd rather just add > my new found info to the site rather find |a PR addy, submit it and > wait for it to be added. We have software |that does this now. Lets > use it! :) ============= > > When I found a spot in the Handbook that was a bit sparce, I send > in an email describing what I was looking for, what I found, and > what i expected to find. The Handbook was updated within a few > days, and the update was much better than what I could have > written. > > > Maybe a wiki would supplement the Handbook, rather than replace it. > Now I think that would be a better idea. It would be cool to have a very active handbook wiki but just like forums, starting and running a successful one is not easy work. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To > unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Ryan Cavicchioni GPG ID: C271BCA8 GPG Public Key: http://confabulator.net/gpg/ryan.asc GPG Fingerprint: 83E4 2495 6194 0F66 ED85 22B4 4CC0 DA01 C271 BCA8
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