From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 21:07:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF22A106564A for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 21:07:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mspitzer@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9388FC19 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 21:07:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mspitzer@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so14510ywe.13 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 14:07:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=1q1wqkExnfI/FrE5+y3XLKECNgVbCCVxC2HbD2OzT/E=; b=X8lMtxERzpur4ZJUwHJxpHhaqd/VpSqHxPHu3zabpWczl7L3e2+Mj+ovJjcsxDoaK4z7NlZQkaBYMOSmd6cBb4jCKPDNyFy1VhM/KyqwBrBmFLdTbioTzpQAQSegmp/OXNMYSDuCRwPNy3kS7Pssv4iaFru4RibJVgfpfSQ9CyI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=WaF9pSZ45akX+K/3sa+Y+ZGMhlSRhFWQb6hzyqTTIOv8BclUsScyTvqV1QtzDr+zUZ70b6YiOv+WiEEL6vG1vmrCz3XZXjWJnYcTHHWopBIhbVQKr39H+OYiTXfRqJ5UCqr3cXiex2+CpVO8mH7nrLgTvRrLIGiEnsOMALUwA4M= Received: by 10.142.156.2 with SMTP id d2mr638704wfe.219.1212180067445; Fri, 30 May 2008 13:41:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.143.123.5 with HTTP; Fri, 30 May 2008 13:41:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8c50a3c30805301341o3f78e173q2bda4d13be01830a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 16:41:07 -0400 From: "Marc Spitzer" To: "Tom Rhodes" In-Reply-To: <20080528022942.75859b86.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <483C6E04.3070804@otenet.gr> <20080528.060009.127260270.hrs@allbsd.org> <483C7AD4.5090409@otenet.gr> <20080528.063631.13709725.hrs@allbsd.org> <483C83D1.40609@otenet.gr> <20080528030745.GD27463@soaustin.net> <20080528022942.75859b86.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mark Linimon , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wiki style FAQ proposal X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 21:07:32 -0000 On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 2:29 AM, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2008 22:07:45 -0500 > linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) wrote: > >> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:57:37AM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> > In my opinion, the sgml FAQ should be limited to questions about the >> > project and maybe not so quickly changing technical stuff. >> >> This was my idea also the last time I looked at it (sigh) which appears >> to have been several years ago :-( > > With me at BSDCan actually. And I think we (or just I?) brought > the idea up with Murray. It never got off the ground sadly - > as have other efforts (see archives for my FAQ->Handbook patch) > and just a couple of weeks ago I was thinking of that FAQOMATIC. > > Then I was passed a work project and my desire to set one up > kind of bombed on me. > > -- > Tom Rhodes > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I am rather fond of the way posgres does there docs/faqs, you have a uneditable part for consumption and below there is an area for people to comment on the entry: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/index.html it gives the editors control over the official content and anybody who wants to the ability to comment on it. It also has the advantage of being a working system that we might be able to get for the asking. Thanks, marc ps back to lurking ;) -- Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. Albert Camus