Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 08:35:06 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr, danger@rulez.sk Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook Makefile book.sgml chapters.ent doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/nanobsd Makefile chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20060508.083506.59684188.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060507163758.GA51229@gothmog.pc> <198819470.20060508002924@rulez.sk> References: <20060507144535.GB42180@gothmog.pc> <1545851395.20060507170205@rulez.sk> <20060507163758.GA51229@gothmog.pc>
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----Security_Multipart(Mon_May__8_08_35_07_2006_818)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote in <20060507163758.GA51229@gothmog.pc>: ke> I would probably like seeing something like an ``Embedded FreeBSD'' ke> chapter in the Handbook, where all available options would be listed, ke> including NanoBSD, FreeSBIE, and the upcoming TinyBSD too. I think it is good for us to have a document for such variants of installation method, but I disagree with adding a chapter to Handbook for them. This is because NanoBSD and so on are nothing but special methods of build/installation and IMHO they are beyond the scope of Handbook. As you know, Handbook introduces a basic installation procedure and explains several common tasks for system administrators basically on the assumption that they are using a normally-installed FreeBSD box. So, we include advanced topics beyond the scope such as articles/multi-os or article/fbsd-from-scratch (both explain some special methods of build/installation) as articles so far. In short, I think Handbook should be organized for average sysadmins, not as an encyclopedia, and topics like NanoBSD are too advanced. Daniel Gerzo <danger@rulez.sk> wrote in <198819470.20060508002924@rulez.sk>: da> What I dislike on articles is that they are not under such view as a da> Handbook chapters are, so they are getting outdated easier as well as da> people often dig only in Handbook for information. How likely sentences are getting outdated is nothing to do with whether it is in Handbook or not, and if people often look for information only in Handbook we should encourage them to look at the other materials by adding pointers, for example, instead of adding all of information into Handbook. -- | Hiroki SATO ----Security_Multipart(Mon_May__8_08_35_07_2006_818)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEXoQrTyzT2CeTzy0RAjAIAKCBCzATbDSrUbEgFUvDnHedoAdh0wCgkjUG e3sE1xfohfgaMLyi/nvScss= =rc2j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Mon_May__8_08_35_07_2006_818)----
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