From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Mar 18 00:13:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA25823 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 00:13:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt050n33.san.rr.com (@dt050n33.san.rr.com [204.210.31.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA25809 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 00:13:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt050n33.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA03221; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 00:13:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <350F8211.1A2BAC3E@dal.net> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 00:13:05 -0800 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-BETA-0316 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Neal Rigney CC: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: .doc files, etc. References: <083001bd51ee$831500e0$2e00e5cd@dilbert.pernet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Neal Rigney wrote: > > Spring break is afoot here in SE Texas, so I've got too much spare time. > Give me files! I'm more than happy to proof/write. Ok, go to ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD and pick the most recent 2.2.6 beta. Take a look at the files in the root directory, skim through them and then pick what you want to write along the following outline: README.TXT - Short, general introduction, table of contents similar to the following, including some of what's in ABOUT.TXT now. Add a more prominent pointer to the www page and resources available there. INSTALL.TXT - Overhaul this a bit, add answer to the -questions FAQ, "what do I download?," move all info on upgrading to, UPGRADE.TXT - Information specific to upgrading. Pull the info from from various of the files already there, and improve/streamline/add to it. (I think someone is already working on this?) HARDWARE.TXT - This is actually in pretty good shape. ABOUT.TXT - Consider losing this, the info that's there should basically be in other places. IMPORTNT.TXT - Start with changes from 2.2.5->2.2.6 like the disk slice code, plus tidbits like /etc/sysconfig -> /etc/rc.conf, etc. RELNOTES.TXT - Ideally, someone knowledgeable should diff 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 and make a list. (Yes, I'm serious.) Barring that, we need as much good, detailed information about the changes as possible, preferably with the big shiny things up front, then broken down into "Different from 2.2.5, Different from 2.2.2, Different from 2.1," etc. I plan to do README myself, but the others are up for grabs. :) If a better scheme of organization occurs to you, write back to the list and tell us what you think. Thanks, :) Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud operator, designer and maintainer of the world's largest *** Internet Relay Chat server. 5,328 clients and still growing. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message