From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 14:02:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B94106564A for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:02:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D1F78FC14 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:02:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 30so2576534ugs.39 for ; Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:02:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mZtcFJCs4LuHKTngDWPL3wHv06z/zpdv6fT2LO9cXNg=; b=rdNgdaXKxZD0XirQ8Lwe3YGIhVka/5hFd89thi+iO+gDVb2o0C3JDJ8F3gRGRJwcD8 Ianm0WiqeEgXaVBBuUhhv/OcGNER+pJJdCdTXjYrG7R2MjKi/H8cpFzOjRz5R44obGz/ zFCDu30CYlQFg/JbdKyT2xfnNUa3dis8Kzh/Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SrIkFaII9R+7L4E1zRqutQXfP3FhlM5wr6aQ7gZrzpBgfvtG3W5toIJcuO8Wb0fmnH GtphOdoAcj+7Q1Jjw8CQQkvWsLGBebozGXtN1Vqs5SbO63/PWggfY1HAgHxn0+EvwYCI EzSlmwtOUYZjglQti4ezLlhIj6fyQ8H7qKJtQ= Received: by 10.67.119.8 with SMTP id w8mr2413984ugm.3.1228140178135; Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:02:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4378593.home.otenet.gr [79.130.63.209]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b39sm8334233ugf.38.2008.12.01.06.02.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:02:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4933EE8D.4020001@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:02:53 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081011) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marc Fonvieille References: <20081201080917.GA1330@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20081201080917.GA1330@gothic.blackend.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Sort of RFC] Ports and packages for docs X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:02:59 -0000 Marc Fonvieille wrote: > Hello, > > Currently, it's difficult for the average user to update his docs. > Most of time, the docs are installed during OS install time and are > never updated. > Another problem is the fact the doc build requires a lot of diskspace > and a lot of time on slow architectures/CPUs/etc which is a problem > during release process. > > To sum up, we're lacking of a simple way to install and update docs > without any compilation operation. > I'm working since a while on ports for doc, so here are the first > packages available for test: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/pkgs/bn-freebsd-doc-20081130.tbz > http://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/pkgs/da-freebsd-doc-20081130.tbz > http://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/pkgs/de-freebsd-doc-20081130.tbz > http://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/pkgs/el-freebsd-doc-20081130.tbz > > So just: > > pkg_add -r http://people.freebsd.org/~blackend/pkgs/en-freebsd-doc-20081130.tbz > > and tell me if you like it :) > > This is actually a nice idea - in fact it would be great for the Greek documentation set, which is constantly changing as more translations are added. I just tried the el package and it works great. I could even include this in some custom package cd sets I am giving out to people. Having local docs is very important for people without always-on Internet (and I know quite a few) Since as you said you have a way of automating this, my only other question would be how often will these be updated. Are you planning, say, for monthly releases?