From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Aug 28 14:12:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A802C37B400 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:12:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A71FF43E42 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:12:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a053.otenet.gr [212.205.215.53]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7SLCC6e004346; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:12:13 +0300 (EEST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7SLCANK030693; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:12:10 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7SLC8Aj030692; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:12:08 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:12:00 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Christophe Juniet Cc: Ross Lippert , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC on a Desktop Applications chapter for the handbook Message-ID: <20020828211159.GI8848@hades.hell.gr> References: <20020828185720.GC8848@hades.hell.gr> <200208282022.NAA15383@eskimo.com> <20020828210545.GA12430@daemon.entreview.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020828210545.GA12430@daemon.entreview.com> X-PGP-Fingerprint: C1EB 0653 DB8B A557 3829 00F9 D60F 941A 3186 03B6 X-Phone: +30-944-116520 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2002-08-28 23:05 +0000, Christophe Juniet wrote: > On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 01:22:59PM -0700, Ross Lippert wrote: > > The pkg_add, cd, make install lines are all pretty boring to read. > > I mean, yeah there are subtleties, here and there, but I wonder this > > sort of info is not better captured by a table > > > > with cols like > > --|package name|---|ports directory|---|post-install notes|---|major deps|---|size|--- > > > > (OK, I slipped in major dependencies and size here to perhaps give > > someone a clue as to how light or heavy the package is, or maybe > > "heavy(light with KDE)"). > > I know the repetitions can be boring but I personnaly like to read a > very little section of the handbook to get the info I need and close my > browser right away. I could put this table in a "Conclusion" section, > what do you think? It's definitely nice to have a summary. -- FreeBSD: 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