From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jul 12 14: 0:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A21815231 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:00:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id OAA64992; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199907122100.OAA64992@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: John Baldwin Subject: Re: docs/12595: [PATCH] New FAQ Entry: "Why shouldn't I just go Reply-To: John Baldwin Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/12595; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, John Baldwin 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 -- 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