From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Mar 18 21:37:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA21024 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 21:37:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA21017 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 21:37:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA16686; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:37:19 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980319163714.47520@welearn.com.au> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:37:15 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: John Kenagy Cc: Annelise Anderson , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: doc "renovation" project volunteer References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from John Kenagy on Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 10:58:34PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 10:58:34PM -0600, John Kenagy wrote: > A vision of where this is to go and an overall collaborative authority > are necessary for success. Shall we talk about this? > > The documents must deal first and foremost with the needs of a new user. > One who does not know much other that they want to try FreeBSD. The > documentation as it stands now did not help me when I started with > 2.1.5 (downloaded and installed from dos partition). A new mailing list has just been started for newbies. While the documentation project is important, it is at least as important that freebsd-newbies list be seen as something _for_ newbies to enjoy rather than something to keep them either out of the way or doing useful work. Having said that, I think that as a newbie I can draw on some of its members to provide a willing documentation readership to give you experts some feedback, so long as it doesn't overrun the newbies list in its formative stages. We're an extremely sensitive lot and easily misinterpret. I have volunteered before to review any documentation that is offered, but it would be even better to have more than one newbie perspective. What I propose is to announce in freebsd-newbies when specific help is required, coordinate that help, and report back here. On the flip side, if newbies say they're wanting something in particular in the way of docs I can gather their thoughts together, present them here, and report back to -newbies. That way you don't get bored or annoyed by incompetence and they don't get made to feel small or under scrutiny. Of course this doesn't preclude any other methods, but provides a workable structure. > Thanks to everyone who is participating in this. Too rite!! It feels like we're all coming together at last. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message