From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 00:15:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC5F81065675 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:15:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-32.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-32.bluehost.com [69.89.18.152]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 983758FC1B for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:15:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 1773 invoked by uid 0); 24 Feb 2009 00:15:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 24 Feb 2009 00:15:08 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=kNOo2esaes8ZbWDf3mKNdp6SkCq5/NZCWxFykdkc6K+L5jynNusaPqS+rsbC9P+Soz/mesZMN2SjHHIlns9n6NlHVu3du8hymV960q2MByThJZVWtHDJJ+C5d4rezFt7; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LbkxX-0003tT-Sr for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:15:40 -0700 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:13:22 -0700 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:13:22 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090224001322.GD59353@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <9ef7e7380902220154t74657d52uc9497c77672b79f8@mail.gmail.com> <9a52b1190902220711u65e38320t97ca56547bef246d@mail.gmail.com> <87ljryccm0.fsf@kobe.laptop> <49a20440.oqh9j8d04xp6dYo8%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <87mycd847c.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20090223195041.GC58188@kokopelli.hydra> <20090223160951.056f54d1@scorpio> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090223160951.056f54d1@scorpio> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: hi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:15:41 -0000 --9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 04:09:51PM -0500, Jerry wrote: > On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:50:41 -0700 > Chad Perrin wrote: >=20 > [snip] >=20 > >I can see both sides of this argument. Maybe we need to split up > >FreeBSD documentation into two domains, similarly to the way FreeBSD > >software is split into two domains (core and ports) -- and thus have a > >place outside the FreeBSD handbook for the same, > >more-than-professional quality of documentation, but covering things > >we wouldn't be comfortable putting in the FreeBSD Handbook itself. >=20 > Specifically, what is it we are uncomfortable putting in the handbook? > More importantly, what good is a handbook if it is not complete? Would > the documentation be cross indexed so a user could find more details on > a particular subject? Personally, while perfectly plausible, it sounds > like more work than it is worth. Did you miss the part where Giorgos Keramidas objected to adding a context specific hack to the FreeBSD Handbook because that would give it the appearance of official sanction? --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Bjarne Stroustrup: "An ugly operation should have an ugly syntactic form." --9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmjO6IACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKW+iACgl1xnrIN6TCTMFjXKvUJPkryY fSoAoMuqivVE3nnwlGtpBOUBUzH4bvQV =jkla -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9dgjiU4MmWPVapMU--