Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:49:59 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Jim Mock <jim@lust.geekhouse.net> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: troubleshooting tree revisited Message-ID: <20001130174959.A42968@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20001130141517.A33926@envy.geekhouse.net>; from jim@lust.geekhouse.net on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 02:15:17PM -0800 References: <20001130164838.A42727@blackhelicopters.org> <20001130141517.A33926@envy.geekhouse.net>
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 02:15:17PM -0800, Jim Mock wrote: > > 3) "dumb down" the Handbook and FAQ. Very maintainable. Downside: I > > would be hung by competent FreeBSD admins who just want to RTFM and > > get a quick answers. YMMV, but I think the downside is unacceptable, > > so I'm not going to do the work. > > This isn't a totally bad thing. We can have a "dumbed down" book and > turn it into the new user's handbook instead of what I have at > http://soupnazi.org/FreeBSD/docs/ since we wanted such a book > anyway. It would be something along the lines of the developers > handbook and the porter's handbook, only for new users. Thoughts? Then we get into maintaining information in multiple places. :( Unless "conditional compilation" is an option... have two books, but one SGML file... ==ml -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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