From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 21:25:15 2004 Return-Path: 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 969C316A4CF; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:25:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28FEC43D45; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:25:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (acs-24-154-239-170.zoominternet.net [24.154.239.170]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i7HLPC0l077161 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:25:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:25:47 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: "Bruce A. Mah" 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Hiroki Sato cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TODO items for 5.3R X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:25:15 -0000 On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:17:24 -0700 "Bruce A. Mah" 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