From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 5 13:12:20 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 CBBBB37B401; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:12:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from proxy.centtech.com (moat.centtech.com [206.196.95.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6CEE43E3B; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:12:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from sprint.centtech.com (sprint.centtech.com [10.177.173.31]) by proxy.centtech.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g75KCA914049; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:12:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by sprint.centtech.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id g75KCAn26599; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:12:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from centtech.com (proton [10.177.173.77]) by sprint.centtech.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g75KC7o26592; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:12:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3D4EDC16.4000905@centtech.com> Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:12:06 -0500 From: Eric Anderson Reply-To: anderson@centtech.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i386; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020508 Netscape6/6.2.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Rhodes Cc: jim@freebsd.org, darklogik@pittgoth.com, dan@langille.org, ripper@eskimo.com, blackend@freebsd.org, cjuniet@entreview.com, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 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 I think some of my initial comments were overlooked. Basically, I said all this at the beginning. No SQL databases, not on FreeBSD main site, etc. As far as freshports goes, I would say that may not be such a good idea, since he does use a SQL backend, which removes portability as far as future freebsd.org inclusion goes. Eric Tom Rhodes wrote: >>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. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message