From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 5 13:32:45 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 7DB9B37B400; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:32:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bast.unixathome.org (bast.unixathome.org [216.187.105.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90E4843E3B; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:32:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from wocker (wocker.unixathome.org [192.168.0.99]) by bast.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9633F28; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:32:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Langille" To: Jim Mock Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:34:46 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. Cc: dan@langille.org, anderson@centtech.com, ripper@eskimo.com, blackend@FreeBSD.org, cjuniet@entreview.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <3D4EA926.8190.13B8AA06@localhost> In-reply-to: <20020805201002.GG13858@branwen.sfo.geekhouse.net> References: <20020805160323.426355e7.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.01) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body 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 5 Aug 2002 at 13:10, Jim Mock wrote: > Part of the reason for me suggesting the possibility of tying it in > with FreshPorts is because he's already got an established userbase About 3200 users have registered. > 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. I already have the ability to comment on an article. It wouldn't take much to extend that to comment on a port. > 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. If someone wants to take an existing page and mock it up, go for it. I can arrange access to test databases and websites. I'm trying to concentrate on FreshSource at the moment. FWIW: users have talked about commenting on the ports. I think they'd take to it like wild fire. -- Dan Langille I'm looking for a computer job: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message