Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:25:47 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TODO items for 5.3R Message-ID: <20040817172547.69d53102@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1092777444.864.54.camel@localhost.kitchenlab.org> References: <20040818.002504.07648782.hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp> <20040817113649.0c60a790@localhost> <1092761125.864.22.camel@localhost.kitchenlab.org> <20040817130822.142f72e5@localhost> <1092767220.864.43.camel@localhost.kitchenlab.org> <20040817170850.7f27608a@localhost> <1092777444.864.54.camel@localhost.kitchenlab.org>
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:17:24 -0700 "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 14:08, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > > I was toying around about a year ago with a way to make a doc CD-ROM > > > that had renderings of the entire doc tree. Last time I hauled it out a > > > few months ago, it mostly worked. It's in doc/release. Not sure if > > > this is interesting or useful. > > > > The only problem with this is that OpenBoot needs to be explicitly > > informed about a bootable disc. Of course, that doesn't stop > > companies like BSDMall for example, from shipping a little card > > for this architecture. > > Ah, sorry, I meant that the "doc disk" would *only* have the data on > it. Think of a CD-ROM with a bunch of HTML, PDF, etc. files on it. > > I was thinking that someone would be able to burn a "doc disk" CD-ROM, > and presto, they'd have an off-line Handbook. Obviously they need > something to view the files, but this eliminates the need for them to > have network access. Heh, there is probably a market there ya know. And ok, I mistook your original comment which I interpreted as a 'CD-ROM which booted into the docs'. It sounds logical enough to create, but would it be worth the hassle. I doubt it would be for a 'free project' but a company may jump on this. Anyway, I see no reason why we couldn't release a documentation ISO file with the release, but of you and hrs, I'm the only one NOT on re@ (surprise, huh! I'm every other damn place!). I'll look into this tonight I guess. I think my original idea did have the notion of a documentation CD which was arch-specific. -- Tom Rhodes
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