From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Apr 5 13:25:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 01ACB15152 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:25:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dpilgrim@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 8592 invoked by alias); 5 Apr 1999 20:23:58 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-doc@FreeBSD.org@fixme Received: (qmail 8575 invoked by uid 0); 5 Apr 1999 20:23:57 -0000 Received: from fdsl89.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (216.161.80.89) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 5 Apr 1999 20:23:57 -0000 Message-ID: <37091BA6.E80526DD@uswest.net> Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 13:23:02 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim Organization: Neatly stacked heaps of digital chaos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey Cc: junkmale@xtra.co.nz, FreeBSD Documenters Subject: Re: Another Installation Guide [was: FreeBSD Advocacy] References: <37053C70.A99BEB29@uswest.net>; <19990405164928.40818@welearn.com.au> <19990405071708.EHEJ5596385.mta1-rme@wocker> <19990405165231.O2142@lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 5 April 1999 at 19:16:32 +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > > On 5 Apr 99, at 16:49, Sue Blake wrote: > > > >> Having decided to proceed, you've got a big choice to make. > >> Do you want this to be an independent effort, or a FreeBSD project? > >> There are pros and cons with each, but you can't have it both ways. > > > > This is something I may have missed before. Everyone seems to agree an IG > > is needed. We now seem only to be debating the form: should it be part of > > the Handbook or not. > > Yup, you missed it. I said it in at least 3 messages. > > > Does this mean that if the IG is not part of the Handbook, then it's > > not a FreeBSD Project? [this isn't directed necessarily at you Sue] > > Not to the same degree. Darren made it clear that he didn't like > doing it in the framework of the handbook. That doesn't mean that it > won't be gratefully accepted if he finishes it and does a good job, > just that it's not a planned project. I think Sue put the issues > pretty well. Kinda. What got to me was the idea that if I wanted any support from FreeBSD at all, I would have to abandon my original prime objective; in which case it would be more productive for me to abandon the project altogether and volunteer for the FDP. -- dpilgrim@uswest.net /\ / __ Our lies are merely the gryph@mindless.com / \/OC/URNE truth of another world ICQ: 29880099 Death is not a kill -9, just a DALnet: anim0s make world and shutdown -r now PGPKey available To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message