Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:00:02 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/12595: [PATCH] New FAQ Entry: "Why shouldn't I just go Message-ID: <199907122100.OAA64992@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/12595; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jobaldwi@smtp1.erols.com> Subject: Re: docs/12595: [PATCH] New FAQ Entry: "Why shouldn't I just go Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 16:53:26 -0400 (EDT) On 12-Jul-99 Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > Hi John, > > I think we were all very impressed with Daniel's little rant. However, > do you really think that adding this _to_ _the_ _FAQ_ will actually > reduce the number of times this question crops up on the hackers and > current mailing lists? Hmmm. Maybe I'm weird, 'cause when I wanted to upgrade, I went straight to the handbook to find out how instead of just asking on -stable or -questions, so I tend to assume that if info is in the FAQ/handbook, people will hit that and not have to send a message to anyone. However, from my reading of the handbook, I did realize at the time what -current was and that I didn't need to run it, so I guess if someone is going to take the time to actually read the docs, they won't need the FAQ entry. So I guess no, it's not going to help. > I don't think so. I think that the only value of having this in the FAQ > is so that we can give people the snotty response "Read the FAQ" when > they ask. Agreed. > Are you sure that this is a sound motivation for adding the entry to the > FAQ? This is a genuine question, I'm not just stabbing at the idea. Now that I've thought about it more, no. My earlier inclination was "Hey, here's something I can SGML-ify to help out." And on the surface it would seem to be helpful, but when you think about it, the information is already there. > Ciao, > Sheldon. --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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