From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Sep 26 10:41:58 1995 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id KAA14117 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 10:41:58 -0700 Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA14112 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 10:41:55 -0700 Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA05575; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 12:41:24 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 12:41:23 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New home page In-Reply-To: <1643.811973472@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 24 Sep 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Hmm... I think there is still an important role for an FAQ-like > > document, but as you mention, the current FAQ/Handbook combination is > > problematic. It takes time to integrate things into the handbook. Too > > much time for a lot of little quirks that pop up in various releases that > > need some explanation. > > What if the FAQ were viewed as a sort of "short term cache" for the > handbook? It answers questions dealing with the current release and > any shortcomings or special features that require up-to-date documentation. > If something has been in the FAQ for awhile, it is either "aged" and > deleted or considered generally important and moved into the handbook. For example, the existance of FreeBSD-stable should be in the FAQ. If having both cutting edge and bleeding edge releases continues in the future, then it goes in the handbook. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============