From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 5 13:10: 9 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 C37CA37B401 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail12.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 723FA43E77 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 24928 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2002 20:10:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net) ([66.93.128.72]) (envelope-sender ) by mail12.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 5 Aug 2002 20:10:02 -0000 Received: from branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net (jim@localhost.sfo.geekhouse.net [127.0.0.1]) by branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g75KA2ll097643; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from jim@localhost) by branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g75KA2j3097642; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:10:02 -0700 From: Jim Mock To: Tom Rhodes Cc: dan@langille.org, anderson@centtech.com, ripper@eskimo.com, blackend@FreeBSD.org, cjuniet@entreview.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. Message-ID: <20020805201002.GG13858@branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@FreeBSD.org References: <200208051455.HAA18220@eskimo.com> <3D4E9C88.7040308@centtech.com> <3D4E9E06.8000201@pittgoth.com> <3D4E9E8E.8080505@centtech.com> <3D4EA461.4010606@pittgoth.com> <20020805194641.GB13858@branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net> <20020805160323.426355e7.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020805160323.426355e7.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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, 05 Aug 2002 at 16:03:23 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:46:41 -0700 Jim Mock wrote: > > On Mon, 05 Aug 2002 at 12:14:25 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > The idea isn't bad, but it should be seperate from the FreeBSD > > > project, mainly because I dislike good/bad reviews of third party > > > software on the main site. Regardless if its helpful for people or > > > not, it doesn't look good. Perhaps I'm being wierd about it, but > > > its a good idea as long as its kept seperate from the main project > > > ;) Thats my .02 hehe > > > > I agree with Tom here. Another thing also comes into play if it's > > part of the main site and you're using a database -- mirroring. This > > is why the site isn't currently dynamic. For more discussion on that > > topic, check the -doc archives (where it's been beaten to death > > numerous times over the last few years). > > Thank you ;) > > > However, I don't have any problem whatsoever with it being separate, > > and I don't see putting a link (or links) to it on the existing web > > site. Hmm, now that I think about this, I wonder if it can be somehow > > tied into FreshPorts, since that already exists. I've Cc'd Dan on > > this message to see what he thinks of the whole thing. > > This would be great if the community could get involved, which I'm > sure most will. But if its done I feel that we need to also pay > attention, or at least list what the date and port version of > the review is, and perhaps a php/cgi interface to cvsweb for version > tracking/bug fixes. This way users will know when the review was, > and what version as updates usually mean better functionality and > bug fixes. Part of the reason for me suggesting the possibility of tying it in with FreshPorts is because he's already got an established userbase and I don't think it would take much effort to get them to add a comment or two to the ports they use/like. Each port on FreshPorts already has the version number. It shouldn't be very hard to have the comments timestamped and have a box for the version number the poster is using. - jim -- jim mock jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message