Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:32:00 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: "Peter N. M. Hansteen" <peter@bsdly.net> Cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, Chin-San Huang <chinsan@FreeBSD.org>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20070724123159.GA37556@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <87vecam7ym.fsf@thingy.datadok.no> References: <200707190121.l6J1LOvd007607@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070719054803.GA1002@gothic.blackend.org> <469F1D0F.2090307@FreeBSD.org> <20070719125410.GA9766@kobe.laptop> <20070720101143.GB1002@gothic.blackend.org> <20070724081342.GA32106@soaustin.net> <20070724094216.GA1003@zaphod.nitro.dk> <87vecam7ym.fsf@thingy.datadok.no>
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On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 12:06:41PM +0200, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > > Personally I think maneging ports is such an integral part of running > > a FreeBSD system that it should be in the Handbook itself. > > FWIW, I agree with Simon here. The ports+packages system is very much > part of the daily care and feeding. If this amounts to moving the > description of how to install ports and maintain them on a running > system out of the Handbook, I think it's not a very wise move. > I also agree but Giorgos and Mark's ideas are interesting. Adding, removing, upgrading applications is one of the most important managing task for the normal user. I would even add this task is maybe the only one a normal user will use to perform on a frequent basis, once the system has been installed. So, it's difficult to imagine the Handbook without a chapter about these operations. But this normal user doesn't need to become a ports system expert, he just need to know simple/general methods to install, remove and upgrade his applications. The specific/expert methods (and tools?) should be the subject of specific articles or parts of the Porters Handbook. -- Marc
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